![]() Then, during her trial, Isobel names thirteen others, calling them all witches. More important, Isobel’s trance experiences (or are they dreams?) lead her to confess to a wide range of sins, including consorting with the devil. Isobel seeks vengeance against the local lord who executed her mother for witchcraft. She has dark wishes as well, unknown to most people. While Margaret worries that being around Isobel could be dangerous, she also respects Isobel’s medical successes and comes to believe that acknowledging the efficacy of herbal remedies or believing in fairies does not challenge her Christianity.īut Isobel believes in more than cheery fairies and herbal medicine. She becomes interested in Isobel’s magic, in fairies, and in herbal remedies Isobel freely shares her knowledge. When Margaret stumbles across Isobel one day, it seems as though Isobel is commanding the dolphins in the ocean to dance. The story is told by Isobel herself and also by Margaret Hay, a fictionalized seventeen-year-old noble woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() I received a free copy of Bitter Magic by Nancy Hayes Kilgore from the author thanks to Caitlin Hamilton Summie at no charge for my honest review.īitter Magic, inspired by the true story of Isobel Gowdie and her witchcraft confession, reveals a little-known corner of history-the lives of both pagan and Protestant women in the Scottish Reformation of the 1600s as witch trials and executions threatened their lives, values, and beliefs. ![]()
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