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Mary Sharratt
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Daughters of the Witching Hill
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2010
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Illuminations
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2012
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The Vanishing Point
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2006
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Ecstasy
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2018
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The Real Minerva
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2004
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The Dark Lady's Mask
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2016
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Revelations
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2021
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection
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Summit Avenue
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2000
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Bitch Lit
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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.
A fervent Puritan, Cromwell was on a mission to cleanse his nation of what he perceiv Read more of this blog post »
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"Revelations is sure to be one of the best books of 2021. Put it on your TBR pile now!!
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"Margery Kempe, the only daughter of the mayor of Bishop’s Lynn, England has made a tough decision in 1413. She has decided to leave her home, her husband, and her fourteen children to go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem as a way to honor"
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"For Medievalists, especially lady Medievalists, the names of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich have a reverence attached to them. Both Christian mystics in their own time, these women offer us a look at their intellectual and deeply personal spirit"
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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.”
― Summit Avenue
― 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.”
― Daughters of the Witching Hill
― 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.”
― Illuminations
― Illuminations
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