Elizabeth Lee
Cunning Women: A feminist tale of forbidden love after the witch trials
Cunning Women: A feminist tale of forbidden love after the witch trials
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In a time of hysteria and persecution, Elizabeth Lee's debut novel "The Cunning Women" tells the story of Sarah Haworth, a young woman who lives as an outcast with her family in Lancashire, England. When a new magistrate arrives to investigate a spate of strange deaths, his gaze turns to Sarah and her family, forcing her to reckon with her fate to protect all she holds dear. The book is a dark, bewitching, and captivating read that evokes a historical period poised between dark ignorance and long-overdue enlightenment.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 24 March 2022
Publisher: Cornerstone
One of Grazia's Best Books of 2021
I loved it.
Atmospheric and so good!
MARIAN KEYES
A dark, bewitching, and captivating read that had my heart in my mouth by the ending.
JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne
Lancashire, 1620.
Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts.
They are cunning folk, feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells.
Against the odds, love blossoms when Sarah meets Daniel, the local farmer's son.
But when a new magistrate arrives to investigate a spate of strange deaths, his gaze inevitably turns to Sarah and her family.
In a world where cunning women are forced into darkness by powerful men, can Sarah reckon with her fate to protect all she holds dear?
Fans of intensely atmospheric historical fiction will love this!
Elizabeth Lee's debut novel is timely in its depiction of hysteria and persecution, and beautifully evokes a historical period poised between dark ignorance and long-overdue enlightenment.
OBSERVER
Wonderfully original.
Devastating.
And fabulously atmospheric.
ELODIE HARPER, author of The Wolf Den
Weight: 270g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529156805
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