Meyer Margaret
Meyer Margaret - The Witching Tide A Novel - Hardcover
Meyer Margaret - The Witching Tide A Novel - Hardcover
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Description: Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet (Jezebel) The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th - century England. East Anglia 1645. Martha Hallybread a midwife healer and servant has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning a sinister newcomer appears in town. A witchfinder Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for devil's marks and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable Martha harbors a terrible secret and the gallows are looming Set over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood The Witching Tide illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation (Kirkus Reviews).
Title: The Witching Tide A Novel
Author(s): Meyer Margaret
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781668011362
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet (Jezebel) The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th - century England. East Anglia 1645. Martha Hallybread a midwife healer and servant has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning a sinister newcomer appears in town. A witchfinder Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for devil's marks and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable Martha harbors a terrible secret and the gallows are looming Set over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood The Witching Tide illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation (Kirkus Reviews).
Title: The Witching Tide A Novel
Author(s): Meyer Margaret
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781668011362
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
