Boyhood
David Keenan
In stock
Scottish BookBurnt Offerings (Paperback)
Author: Danielle Devlin
£9.95
ScotlandGothic HistoryWitchcraft
Burnt Offerings follows Besse Craw in 1589 Scotland as she is accused of witchcraft during the North Berwick trials, fights for her daughter’s safety and uncovers oppressive secrets amid fear and suspicion. For readers drawn to atmospheric historical fiction grounded in real witchcraft persecution and fierce female resilience.
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Why we chose this book
We finished this feeling the cold logic of a witch hunt, and the sharp cost of being a woman the system can afford to lose.
Our summary description
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Scotland, 1589. Besse Craw is a young mother whose husband has mysteriously vanished, leaving her exposed in a world where women are powerless. She is accused of witchcraft, abused by her employer, and made to feel the ground give way beneath everything she is trying to protect. The threat is immediate and intimate: her daughter, her freedom, her life.
Set during the North Berwick Witch Trials, when many were persecuted, tortured and killed, the story places Besse inside a culture of suspicion where fear carries more weight than evidence. As she fights for justice and truth, she begins to uncover long held secrets, each one tightening the net rather than loosening it.
The question is not simply what happened to her husband, but what it costs to keep going when the truth offers no safe way out.
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