Prudence

Prudence is the first in a series of stories about the Turnham Malpas village in the past. This one is written about a laundry maid at Turnham House at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. She is trapped, working the whole day long in the steaming conditions of the laundry, but filled with ambitions to improve her lot and longing to be somewhere else in the wide world that lies beyond her village.

Astute readers will notice that all the people in the story are ancestors of those living in the village today. Enjoy! click here to read Prudence in full