The village as protagonist across three hundred years and its inhabitants as supporting cast, from a shepherd in the time of Cromwell to a property developer in the time of Margaret Thatcher. Each segment adds something to our understanding of the lost social and economic history of this part of the English countryside.
![The Benefactress by [von Arnim, Elizabeth]](/images/books/cover/51651_2022420142911_the_benefactress.jpg "The Benefactress by [von Arnim, Elizabeth]")
