This book is written David Orme, titled Fire! in a series of books call Sharp Shades.
This book is about a The Great Fire of London. In this book there are two sisters who were abandoned by their parents when they were babies. They were adopted by the church parish. When the two sisters were old enough, they were sent to work elsewhere. The two sisters are named Martha and Martin. Martin was sent to be an apprenticed to Mr Brown, a shoemaker, while Martha was sent to be a lady's maid.
Martin had a very bad master. Her master was very cruel and gave Martin very little sleep and made sure she worked alot. However, Martha master was a very kind lady just that she was paralysed.
When the great fire broke out, everyone at that time was running for their lives. Martin's master ran away from the fire but left Martin behind.
Martha master was paralysed and hence she could not escape. However, she asked Martha to escape on her own and don't bother about her. Being a loyal person, Martha just could not bring herself to do that.
Similarly, both sisters could not escape. But in the end, The sisters were reunited at Martha's master's house. The old lady tried to escape but fell to her death when she was trying to climb down the stairs and thus Martha was very sad. However, the old lady left behind a will. The will reads" All my possession will go to Martha." So the sisters finally have their own house and they would not have to work for masters again.
This book is about a The Great Fire of London. In this book there are two sisters who were abandoned by their parents when they were babies. They were adopted by the church parish. When the two sisters were old enough, they were sent to work elsewhere. The two sisters are named Martha and Martin. Martin was sent to be an apprenticed to Mr Brown, a shoemaker, while Martha was sent to be a lady's maid.
Martin had a very bad master. Her master was very cruel and gave Martin very little sleep and made sure she worked alot. However, Martha master was a very kind lady just that she was paralysed.
When the great fire broke out, everyone at that time was running for their lives. Martin's master ran away from the fire but left Martin behind.
Martha master was paralysed and hence she could not escape. However, she asked Martha to escape on her own and don't bother about her. Being a loyal person, Martha just could not bring herself to do that.
Similarly, both sisters could not escape. But in the end, The sisters were reunited at Martha's master's house. The old lady tried to escape but fell to her death when she was trying to climb down the stairs and thus Martha was very sad. However, the old lady left behind a will. The will reads" All my possession will go to Martha." So the sisters finally have their own house and they would not have to work for masters again.
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