The Darkest Shore – Karen Brooks
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Name: The Darkest Shore – Karen Brooks
Format: epub
Size: 740.27 KB
Book:
Title: The Darkest Shore
Author: Karen Brooks
Language: English
Year: 2020
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction
Publisher: HQ Fiction
ISBN: 9781489277459
Total pages: 384 str.
Description:
By the pricking of her thumbs… The independent women of Scotland stand up to a witch hunt, male fury and the power of the Church in a battle for survival in this compelling historical novel based on true events in early eighteenth century Scotland.
1703: The wild east coast of Scotland.
Returning to her home town of Pittenweem, fishwife and widow Sorcha McIntyre knows she faces both censure and mistrust. After all, this is a country where myth and legend are woven into the fabric of the everyday, a time when those who defy custom like Sorcha has are called to account.
It is dangerous to be a clever woman who ‘doesn’t know her place’ in Pittenweem – a town rife with superstition. So, when a young local falls victim to witchcraft, the Reverend Cowper and the townsfolk know who to blame. What follows for Sorcha and her friends is a terrifying battle, not only for their souls, but for their lives, as they are pitted against the villagers’ fear, a malevolent man…
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