en-US Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:02:58 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 128104452 Nothing scares men like witchcraft�

1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries “witch�, no woman is safe.

Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light.

For the first time in history, could black magic � or rumours of it � be a very real tool for women’s political gain?

As the North Berwick witch trials whip Scotland � and her king � into a frenzy of paranoia, the clock is ticking. Can Margareta and Geillis keep each other safe? And once the burnings are over, in whose hands will power truly lie?

Inspired by the incredible true story that set 16th-century Scotland and Denmark alight, The Burnings is 2023’s most bewitching debut novel, by a multi-awardwinning new star of historical fiction.]]> 448 Naomi Kelsey 0008534764 Rachel 0 currently-reading 3.96 2023
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]]> 34525246 Ranging from flash fiction to intense psychological drama, magical realism, horror and erotica, these strange, clever, frank and sometimes very funny stories have a serious side too. Carefully crafted over 15 years, they explore unbounded sexualities, a vision of the fluidity of the person, and politics � from the deaths of black people at the hands of the police, to the deep shifts that signal the subtle changes in the nature of capitalism and much more. These stories may sometimes tickle, sometimes shock; but will always engage both the intellect and the heart.]]> 190 Leone Ross 1845233344 Rachel 0 currently-reading 3.98 2017
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