For the last five years I have been working on this book about those accused as witches in Scotland during the witch hunts. Years of travel and research have gone into the work, and I’m so pleased to be able to talk about it now!
I can now share the gorgeous cover design for Ashes and Stones by Natalie Chen. The illustrator is Iain MacArthur.
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‘It’s summer. I stand where perhaps Ellen stood, in this ground thick with new thistle and long grass. She would have ken this coast in all weathers: in the summer when it was as gentle as a lake and in the winter, with the high winds and stinging salt spray.’
Ashes and Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folk lore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.
Preorders are open now, and the book will be published by Sceptre in the UK on 19 January, 2023.
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