First edition published: London : A&C Black, 2003.
Summary
The day Queen Mary Tudor -- also known as 'Bloody Mary' because she has anyone who doesn't go to church burned -- came to town was the most terrifying day of young Meg's life. Everyone wants to impress Her Majesty, and what better way to show their devotion than by burning a witch themselves. But the "witch" in question, Old Nan, is more clever and cunning than the townspeople who hunt her. In the end, it is someone else who sparks the ferocious temper of the frightful Queen...