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Mary Sharratt

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Mary Sharratt is an American writer who lives with her Belgian husband in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England, the setting for her acclaimed 2010 novel, DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL, which recasts the Pendle Witches of 1612 in their historical context as cunning folk and healers.

Previously she lived for twelve years in Germany. This, along with her interest in sacred music and herbal medicine, inspired her to write her most recent novel, ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, which explores the dramatic life of the 12th century Benedictine abbess, composer, polymath, and powerfrau.

Winner of the 2005 WILLA Literary Award and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist, Mary has also written the acclaimed novels SUMMIT AVENUE (Coffee Ho
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Daughters of the Witching Hill

3.74 avg rating — 4,719 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions
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Illuminations

3.97 avg rating — 4,326 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The Vanishing Point

3.71 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Ecstasy

3.77 avg rating — 970 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions
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The Real Minerva

4.05 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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The Dark Lady's Mask

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Revelations

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How Oliver Cromwell stole Christmas

No Christmas for you! 


Does Christmas make you want to shout Bah Humbug? You are not alone. Nor is the much touted "War Against Christmas" anything new. Oliver Cromwell goes down as history's biggest Grinch. The Lord Protector and his Puritan-led parliament literally stole Christmas in mid-17th century England.

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“I am the serpent that devours her own tail--her own tale. If you tell a tale well enough, it becomes a path to follow. I shed my skin and begin again.”
Mary Sharratt, Summit Avenue

“Tibb has admonished me to be careful which road I walked, but in truth no road was simple, straightforward, or, indeed, what it appeared to be at first glimpse. Every path was tricksy, full of turns and twists and blind corners with God-only-knew-what dangers lurching round the bend.”
Mary Sharratt, Daughters of the Witching Hill

“Think about what you love, Hildegard. Trust it. That’s where your talents lie and that’s where you’ll find happiness, even here.”
Mary Sharratt, Illuminations

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