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The Manningtree Witches

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9781783786435
SKU 9781783786435
Wydawnictwo Gardners
Autor A. K. Blakemore
Data Wydania 2021
Oprawa Twarda
Ilość stron 304
Format 135 x 216
Nasza cena 64,79 zł Normalna cena 79,00 zł
'A striking debut [...] an amazingly fresh historical novel and a timeless meditation on the male abuse of power' - Guardian

'I loved this riveting, appalling, addictive debut. Blakemore captures the shame of poverty and social neglect unforgettably, and the alluring threat of women left alone together, in a novel which vividly immerses the reader in the world of those who history has tried to render mute' - Megan Nolan, author of Acts of Desperation

'Dark, original, unsettling, and crackling with fierce and visceral life, The Manningtree Witches heralds the birth of an utterly vital new voice in fiction. AK Blakemore makes the past breathe, and allows it, with dazzling candour, to speak hotly to the complicated reality of our own moment' - Rebecca Tamas, author of Strangers

'A major debut' - the Bookseller 'A powerful debut... [Blakemore's] prose has a richness that adds extra depth' - Sunday Times

'Poet A K Blakemore's visceral debut glimmers with darkness and glints with fear... Blakemore brilliantly describes the uneasiness of this world... vivid and original' Daily Mail

'Exploring male oppression and misogyny trussed up as religious fervour, Blakemore's brilliantly written story is both fascinating and compelling' Stylist

'[Written] with skill and empathy… Blakemore is a poet by trade... and it most certainly shows – in all the right ways... [A] bold and poetic debut' The Skinny --Source "Fear takes root in the women of Manningtree when the Witchfinder General comes to town. Caught amidst betrayal and persecution, what must Rebecca West do to survive? England, 1643. Parliament is battling the King; the war between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers rages. Puritanical fervour has gripped the nation, and the hot terror of damnation burns black in every shadow. In Manningtree, depleted of men since the wars began, the women are left to their own devices. At the margins of this diminished community are those who are barely tolerated by the affluent villagers - the old, the poor, the unmarried, the sharp-tongued. Rebecca West, daughter of the formidable Beldam West, fatherless and husbandless, chafes against the drudgery of her days, livened only by her infatuation with the clerk John Edes. But then newcomer Matthew Hopkins, a mysterious, pious figure dressed from head to toe in black, takes over The Thorn Inn and begins to ask questions about the women of the margins. When a child falls ill with a fever and starts to rave about covens and pacts, the questions take on a bladed edge. The Manningtree Witches plunges its readers into the fever and menace of the English witch trials, where suspicion, mistrust and betrayal ran amok as the power of men went unchecked and the integrity of women went undefended. It is a visceral, thrilling book that announces a bold new talent."
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SKU 9781783786435
Wydawnictwo Gardners
Autor A. K. Blakemore
Data Wydania 2021
Oprawa Twarda
Ilość stron 304
Format 135 x 216