It is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful. On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into a reckless. The women in an Arctic village must survive a sinister threat after all the men are wiped out by a catastrophic storm in this gripping novel inspired by a.
įor readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events. The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave 1st paperback ed Paperback () Save 1.50 i RRP 12.21 10. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.Įighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. Categories: Fiction, New Paperbacks Tags: Family life fiction. ‘ Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
Inspired by the real events of the Vardo storm and the 1621 witch trials, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and a love that may prove as dangerous as it is powerful.The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick But Absalom sees only a place untouched by God and flooded with a mighty and terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. In Vardo, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. Beautiful and chilling Madeline Miller, author of CirceOn Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of Vardo to heel. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost to the waves, the menfolk of Vardo wiped out in an instant.Įighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into a reckless storm. The Mercies Paperback 28 January 2020 by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Author) 4,802 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.
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