Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
By: Allyson Shaw
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an…
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1. The Maiden
By: Kate Foster
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more
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- historical
- scotland
2. The Last Witch of Scotland
By: Philip Paris
3.95
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more
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- historical
- feminism
- scotland
- witches
- witchcraft
3. Now She is Witch
By: Kirsty Logan
3.54
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... From the snowy winter… read more
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- witches
- historical
4. For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
By: Victoria Mackenzie
3.85
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives … read more
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- historical
- feminism
"Sometimes I reworked, with much crossing out and burning of papers; I had to sift through my thoughts for words that gleamed with truth. But other times the words came fast, and then I was an arrow, …"-Victoria Mackenzie, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
5. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By: Peter Ross
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
6. The Tower
By: Flora Carr
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold, feminist debut novel, reimagining Mary, Queen of Scots’s darkest hour, when she was held ho… read more
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- historical
- scotland
7. The Burnings
By: Naomi Kelsey
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Nothing scares men like witchcraft . . . 1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Ma… read more
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- witches
- historical
- scotland
- witchcraft
8. Hex
By: Jenni Fagan
3.85
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floor… read more
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- witches
- historical
- feminism
- scotland
"A witch-pricker's finger can be pointed at any one of us. It chose me."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"I’ve got the voice of a siren – it’s not a voice to launch a thousand ships, it’s a voice to sink them."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"- You know what really brings the storms, Geillis? - What? - A storm arrives at the exact second when a girl learns she'll never be free"-Jenni Fagan, Hex
"I have memories to give away before I meet God — so you can have them, Iris from the ether. Are you listening? Nobody else will write them down."-Jenni Fagan, Hex
9. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- witches
- witchcraft
"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
10. The Secrets of Blythswood Square
By: Sara Sheridan
4.19
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Blythswood Square... 1846. Glasg… read more
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- historical
- scotland
11. Hagstone
By: Sinéad Gleeson
3.63
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more
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12. Iris is More than Okay
By: Natalie Cooper
3.64
Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio
Iris Nightingale is more than okay. She has her life planned out to a perfect schedule. Work, run, … read more
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13. Cairn
By: Kathleen Jamie
4.34
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Cairn: A marker on open land, a memorial, a viewpoint shared by strangers. For the last five yea… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
14. Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness
By: Allyson Shaw
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an… read more
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- history
- memoir
- travel
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- scotland
- witches
- nature
- witchcraft
15. The King's Witches
By: Kate Foster
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more
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- witches
- historical
- scotland
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16. The Coffin Roads: Journeys to the West
By: Ian Bradley
3.78
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a marked feature of the landscape of … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)
By: Sophie Keetch
4.46
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more
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- historical
18. The Salt and the Flame: A Times Book of the Month
By: Donald S. Murray
3.55
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
April 24, 1923. The SS Metagama is inching out of Stornoway harbor, Scotland. On board are Finlay … read more
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19. Burnt Offerings
By: Danielle Devlin
3.91
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
How far would you go to save yourself when the truth can't set you free? Scotland, 1589. Bess… read more
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- historical
