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The Vanishing Witch

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August 2014 eBook of the Month.

Set against the Peasants’ Revolt and the poll tax (yes, they had one in the 1380s), this is an involved, long, medieval drama of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary times.  We are in Lincoln in the family of a wealthy cloth merchant where Robert becomes infatuated by a mysterious widow seeking to invest her inheritance.  The investment goes bottom-up, Robert becomes perhaps too close to the widow and his family don’t like it.  Now superstition, witchcraft and strange happenings abounded in that time and much occurs here.  This is glorious stuff, intriguing and thrilling on every page with a mass of historical detail, drama and colour.  A great story well told.

 

A 'Piece of Passion' from the publisher...

'No one brings historical fiction quite so vividly to life as Karen Maitland. Her novels are dark delights, subtly woven with the superstitions of a bygone era when women were frequently cast as witches and the threat of plague was lurking in every corner. Her characters, though, embrace betrayal, love, murder and revenge as they dance around real events and grapple with the extremes of emotion familiar to us all – these are people you know, but governed by a wholly different set of beliefs and social pressures. The Vanishing Witch reveals the Peasants’ Revolt from an entirely new angle and forces you to question your own morals in a world seemingly gone mad. Enjoy a dousing in the swirling mists of the medieval world and know you’re in the hands of a master.' - Mari Evans, Publishing Director, Headline

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