They Can’t Burn Us All 9781804992340 Paperback

From the award-winning author ofA Poisoner’s Talecomes a dark, feminist retelling of the most famous witch trial in 17th-century Iceland, perfect for fans ofThe Witches of VardoandThe Mercies.Condemned, but not silenced. This is a story of a witch who fights back.Westfjords, Iceland. 1655urur Jnsdttir has grown up praying to the old gods and watching her father and brother practise rune magic.But now, a witch-hunting craze is sweeping across the land of ice and fire, fuelled by the Protestant Reformation. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, those condemned as witches here are not women, but men of learning. And when ururs father and brother are accused of witchcraft and condemned to burn at the stake, she is helpless to save them.As Lutheran Pastor Jn Magnsson’s accusing gaze turns to urur herself, the first woman to be called witch, he will find that she is no ordinary woman.She is prepared to fight back. But at what cost?And in an age of fear and persecution, whose side will the community take? Who will fight for justice?Set against a backdrop of sweeping religious and social change,They Cant Burn Us Allis a feminist retelling of Icelands notorious Kirkjubl witch trials.