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In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared.

When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows that she won''t suffer the same fate. Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money, and builds a flourishing business. But as her wealth and stature grow, so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she has moved on to her fourth husband, a blaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in an accusation that could prove fatal.

Inspired by the first recorded person in Ireland to have been condemned as a witch, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve her own space in a man''s world.

Bright I Burn

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In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. When a young Alice Kyteler sees her... Read more

    Publisher: Canongate Books
    Publication Date: 6/6/2024
    ISBN13: 9781786898388, 978-1786898388
    ISBN10: 1786898381

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared.

    When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows that she won''t suffer the same fate. Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money, and builds a flourishing business. But as her wealth and stature grow, so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she has moved on to her fourth husband, a blaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in an accusation that could prove fatal.

    Inspired by the first recorded person in Ireland to have been condemned as a witch, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve her own space in a man''s world.

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