They can't burn us all

Westfjords, Iceland. 1655. Puridur Jonsdottir has grown up praying to the old gods and watching her father and brother practise rune magic. But now, a witch-hunting craze is sweeping across the land of ice and fire. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, those condemned here are not women, but men of learning. So when Puridur's father and brother are accused and sentenced to burn at the stake, she is helpless to save them. As the accusing gaze of the Church turns to Puridur herself, the first woman to be called 'witch', they will find that she is no ordinary woman. She is prepared to fight back. But at what cost? Set against a backdrop of sweeping religious and social change, this novel is a feminist retelling of Iceland's notorious Kirkjuból witch trials.

Genres

Historical

Language

English

Publisher

Bantam

ISBN

9781787637160