''Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what''s gone before'' STYLIST

A moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland.

In Ashes and Stones we visit modern memorials and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folklore and political fantasiesFrom fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.

Allyson Shaw untangles the myth of witchcraft and gives voice to those erased by it. Her elegant and lucid prose weaves together threads of history and feminist reclamation to create a vibrant memorialThis is the untold story of the witches'' monuments of Scotland and the women''s lives they mark. Ashes and Stones is a trove of folklore linking the lives of contemporary women to the horrors of the past, a record of resilience and a call to choose and remember our ancestors.

''Allyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in ScotlandA fascinating and necessary book.'' Peter Ross

''A compelling and intimate pilgrimage across Scotland'' Helen Callaghan



Format Inbunden Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Hodder & Stoughton Utgivningsdatum 2023-01-19 ISBN 9781529395457