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Emmott was a young girl of about twenty two who was betrothed to Rowland Torre from Stoney Middleton. Emmott lived in a cottage across from Mary Cooper’s house where the Plague started. Her father John Syddall and four of her siblings were among the first victims of the disease.
At first Rowland would visit Emmott in the village, but when they realised this was too dangerous, the lovers would arrange to meet secretly but at a distance minimalizing any risk of Rowland catching the disease. It is suggested that the two would only have looked at each other from a distance, and in silence, lest their plan should be discovered. When Emmott stopped appearing towards the end of April 1666, Rowland continued to go to their meeting place, with hope that against all odds, she might still show up. He was one of the first people to re-enter the village when it was pronounced safe towards the end of 1666.
Just finished reading the Salth Path by Raynor Winn (yes, there is a connection). It's a very life-affirming memoir of being homeless and walking 630 miles along the cliffs of England's shore. This book didn't make me weep once, which is strange, given that:
a) almost anything makes me weep
b) in the first chapter the author loses her home and her livelihood, her husband is diagnosed with a fatal illness and told that he has almost no time left, and her last and favorite sheep dies of heartbreak
Heartily recommended. I got this one from the library and will probably buy it, and have already pre-ordered her next book.
Emmott was a young girl of about twenty two who was betrothed to Rowland Torre from Stoney Middleton. Emmott lived in a cottage across from Mary Cooper’s house where the Plague started. Her father John Syddall and four of her siblings were among the first victims of the disease.
At first Rowland would visit Emmott in the village, but when they realised this was too dangerous, the lovers would arrange to meet secretly but at a distance minimalizing any risk of Rowland catching the disease. It is suggested that the two would only have looked at each other from a distance, and in silence, lest their plan should be discovered. When Emmott stopped appearing towards the end of April 1666, Rowland continued to go to their meeting place, with hope that against all odds, she might still show up. He was one of the first people to re-enter the village when it was pronounced safe towards the end of 1666.
Just finished reading the Salth Path by Raynor Winn (yes, there is a connection). It's a very life-affirming memoir of being homeless and walking 630 miles along the cliffs of England's shore. This book didn't make me weep once, which is strange, given that:
a) almost anything makes me weep
b) in the first chapter the author loses her home and her livelihood, her husband is diagnosed with a fatal illness and told that he has almost no time left, and her last and favorite sheep dies of heartbreak
Heartily recommended. I got this one from the library and will probably buy it, and have already pre-ordered her next book.
