Cunning Women: A Feminist Tale of Forbidden Love After the Witch Trials

By Elizabeth Lee

Book Overview

'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' Marian Keyes When it is no longer safe to be a witch, they call themselves cunning.Seventeenth-century Lancashire is a dark and mistrustful place. Ten years after the notorious Pendle witch trials saw ten accused witches hanged, young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts in a ruined hamlet. The inhabitants of the nearby village despise 'cunning folk' like them, but their services - healing balms, herbal remedies - will always be in demand, and they have a way of coming to know all the village's secrets.A chance meeting sees Sarah become acquainted with Daniel, a young man from the village. As they are drawn closer together, a new magistrate arrives in the area to investigate a spate of strange deaths befalling the villagers. As his eye falls on Sarah and her sister, Sarah must find a way to protect her family and embrace her own powers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178609116X
• ISBN13: 9781786091161
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.