5/9/2023 0 Comments The mercies novel![]() ![]() This left an island of mainly women, fending for themselves in a time when women didn’t do that. On Christmas Eve 1612, a huge storm appeared out of nowhere and wiped out a majority of the male population of Vardø island, who were all out fishing at the time. ![]() ![]() The main difference is that where The Familiars focused on the infamous Pendle witch trials, The Mercies takes us to a remote Scandinavian island, Vardø.Īs well as the witch trials, which are historical fact, this story throws in another fascinating real life element. Last year I read The Familiars by Stacey Halls, set in the same time period (1612 / 1617) as The Mercies and also about the witch trials of the time. They were such a fascinating, brutal part of history: women literally burnt for not conforming to how men – using the guise of religion to carry out their disgusting deeds – wanted them to be. I seem to inadvertently be reading books about witch trials these days (subconsciously drawn to them, perhaps?). Opening sentence: “Last night Maren dreamt a whale beached itself on the rocks outside her house.” ![]()
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