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‘Beautiful… A moving reminder for us all to connect to what’s gone before’ STYLIST
‘Atmospheric, scholarly – and gripping . . . Shocking and vital’ Laline Paull, creator of Pod
Roaming the ragged coasts and remote villages of Scotland, Ashes & Stones takes us on a moving journey looking for those women accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. From fairy hills to hedge mazes, we follow the traces their stories have left at the landscape.
By linking the lives of up to date women to the horrors of the past, Allyson Shaw creates a powerful record of resilience and remembrance, untangling the myth of witchcraft and giving voice to those erased by it.
‘Allyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in Scotland. An enchanting and important book’ Peter Ross, creator of A Tomb With a View
‘Deeply insightful and profoundly respectful . . . I used to be spellbound from begin to finish’ Sally Huband, creator of Sea Bean
