{"product_id":"cunning-women-a-feminist-tale-of-forbidden-love-after-the-witch-trials","title":"Elizabeth Lee: Cunning Women [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eGRAZIA\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] powerful story of forbidden love ... a tense and atmospheric ride' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With a painfully unexpected ending, this is a story about loneliness, connection and female rage that \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efans of intensely atmospheric historical fiction will love\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witches and the dread they inspired are captured here with chilling deftness.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Timely in its depiction of hysteria and persecution, and beautifully evokes a historical period poised between dark ignorance and long-overdue enlightenment.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA thrilling read. But, beyond the thrill, is the beauty of the language . . . A pleasure to read - with an undercurrent of genuine fear' \u003c\/b\u003eAnnie Garthwaite, author of \u003ci\u003eCecily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen it is no longer safe to be a witch, they call themselves cunning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeenth-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA chance meeting sees Sarah become acquainted with Daniel, a young man from the village. In him, she sees a clever, caring man; in her, he sees not the strange, dirty outcast he knows he should, but rather the strong young woman coming into her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they are drawn closer together, a new magistrate arrives in the area to investigate a spate of strange deaths befalling the villagers. Inevitably, his eye falls on Sarah's family, and his hand carries a burning torch. In the face of persecution, something as fragile as love seems impossible...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully original . . . devastating . . . and fabulously atmospheric' \u003c\/b\u003eElodie Harper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Den\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A haunting tale with a brutal twist' \u003c\/b\u003eEmily Brand, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the House of Byron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An impressive debut . . . beautifully relevant' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Mascarenhas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, tense (at points breathless!)' \u003c\/b\u003eKate Sawyer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm delighted that there's already been a lot of buzz about this debut' \u003c\/b\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lee, Elizabeth","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46473420570963,"sku":"9781786091178","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lee-elizabeth-elizabeth-lee-cunning-women-2021-paperback-9781786091178-1145648608.jpg?v=1741476200","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/cunning-women-a-feminist-tale-of-forbidden-love-after-the-witch-trials","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}