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Book Review of Down the Common: A Year in the Life of a Medieval Woman : A Novel

Down the Common: A Year in the Life of a Medieval Woman : A Novel
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What was life like for a commoner, especially a woman in Medieval England? Here we see Marian, as she struggles with pain and joy, month after month with the winter cold, hunger, backbreaking work, household chores, family life and illness and comes out as a true survivor of the world in which she lives.