The Witching Tide: A Novel by Margaret Meyer
- The Witching Tide: A Novel
- Margaret Meyer
- Page: 352
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781668011379
- Publisher: Scribner
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Overview
Notes From Your Bookseller Margaret Meyer's debut is unlike any witch hunt novel you've ever read. A midwife finds herself thrust into the midst of a witch hunter's investigation when she is enlisted to search for evidence of "witches' marks" on the bodies of the accused. But is she a witch herself? Taut and psychologically rich, this remarkable novel examines the limits of loyalty and the bonds of friendship under extreme duress. Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and “reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet” (Jezebel), The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England. East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. A “witchfinder,” Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day, local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for “devil’s marks,” and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation, she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother, in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll’s true powers are unknowable, Martha harbors a terrible secret, and the gallows are looming... Set over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history, and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood, The Witching Tide “illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation” (Kirkus Reviews).
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