the bells of rye
Richard Church
Hardcover
(Heinemann, March 15, 1960)
by Richard Church 221 page hardcover 1960 copyright ages 12+ When the King of England placed a tariff on wines coming in from France in the fourteenth century, the French retaliated by frequent raids on the English towns across the channel. The raiding of Rye and the subsequent bold campaign of Rye's townspeople to recover the great bells stolen from her church tower by the French form the framework of this unusual story.