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"A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland. In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. Alice, the daughter of a wealthy innkeeper in Kilkenny, grows up watching her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities-and she vows that she will never suffer the same fate. In time, she discovers she has a flair for making money, and takes...
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"It's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of 'service magic.' Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people...