Wherton

Wherton

Wherton is a fictional English village depicted in John Christopher's book "The White Mountains" (Book One of The Tripods trilogy). It was from this village that Will Parker and his cousin Henry, left to make their way to Mont Blanc, where the last European resistance to the Tripods was located.


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