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Sep 3, 20231 min read
1091. A K Blakemore - The Manningtree Witches
I didn’t really enjoy this. Set in 17th century Essex, when the men were all away at war (which war?), and society was largely...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
910. David Palin - The Half-Torn Page
A gothic novel set in17th century Germany involving witches and daemonic possession, so not entirely my cup of tea. I found it pretty...
May 9, 20151 min read
301. Maria McCann - As Meat Loves Salt
This is totally different; a kind of 17th century 'Brokeback Mountain'. It is huge in scope, covering bloody bits of the civil war which...