Sycorax

by J.B.Aspinall (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $4.38

  In the credulous squalor of Medieval Yorkshire, a peasant girl is accused of being a sorceress. The suffering inflicted upon her by male superstition sparks a spectacular and terrifying retort which initiates the legend of Sycorax. Many years later, the story is recounted for us by Edmund, a flawed monk at Byland Abbey, who undertakes to write a history of the witch as a penance for his lascivious fantasies. In the process, Edmund uncovers a brutal and eery tale in which he becomes fatally involved.