Sycorax
By (Author) J.B. Aspinall
Peter Owen Publishers
Peter Owen Publishers
20th October 2006
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
220
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.
J. B. Aspinall is the author of "Gringo Soup" and "Sparrow Hall."