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Hex, Jenni Fagan

eng

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novels

Hex

1338675323

Jenni Fagan

Darkland tales

"It's the 4th of December, 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor, Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace -- and the tantalizing prospect of escape. <i>Hex</i> is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day." --Front cover flap