NAN SCOTT - THE FACE AT THE WINDOW BY STAN SMITH

The story of a lone village widow whi, faering the great plague spreading from London, lived a hermits in an old priests room.

In 1666, when the Pague came to Holme by Newark in Nottinghamshire, Nan Scott knew exactly whar to do, but her safety cost her a terrible price.

This reconstruction of the life of Ann Scott, or Nan Scott as she is better known, sets out to tell the story of how a coragious widow. having lived through the turbulant times of the English Civil War, copes with distaster head on by pitting her wits against the Plague, - a desease which at its height, carried off thousands of victims at a time.

Nan's chamber, over the South Porch in St. Giles Church is still there.

Researched and written by local author, Stan Smith

A5. Placed in a plastic wrap around cover.