Le roman exerce un véritable magnétisme ! La plume de Mary Hooper est élégante et décrit avec réalisme la société victorienne à travers ses us et coutumes, comme la pratique controversée de la voyance et la divination, qui était très à la mode à l'époque et attirait des personnalités comme l'écri...
Hannah returns to her beloved London to re-open the sweetmeats shop with younger sister Anne. Londoners are reeling from the plague epidemic of the previous year, but Hannah and Anne are keen to start enjoying everything the bustling city has to offer. But this is 1666, and it has been prophesise...
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper is a story of a young woman, Hannah, in an unusual setting: London in the time of the plague. She comes from her home in the country to London, to work with her sister Sarah in her confectionery shop. Unfortunately, Hannah arrives in London just as r...