The updated edition of Celia Rees' historical novel "The Witch Child" celebrates its 20th anniversary with a stunning new package. The story follows Mary, who is accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, and is taken to the New World to make a new life among the pilgrims. However, old superstitions die hard, and Mary faces important choices to ensure her survival. The novel is praised for its vividly evoked environment and characters, making it a powerful literary achievement.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

_______________ Historical fiction at its very best - Waterstones Guide to Kids Books Prolific,erudite and consistently brilliant ... breathtaking - Guardian Powerful,absorbing and unusual - The Bookseller _______________ An updated edition of this outstanding historical novel,in a stunning new package to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication. When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime,she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days – paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she,like her grandmother,is the victim of ignorance and stupidity,and once more she faces important choices to ensure her survival. With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn,this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.

Historical Fiction at Its Very Best

Waterstones Guide to Kids Books

Prolific, erudite and consistently brilliant... breathtaking

Guardian

Powerful, absorbing and unusual

The Bookseller

An Updated Edition of This Outstanding Historical Novel, in a Stunning New Package to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Its Publication

When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days – paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she, like her grandmother, is the victim of ignorance and stupidity, and once more she faces important choices to ensure her survival.

With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn, this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.

Weight: 280g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526618481