The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events – a story about the strength and courage of women.
‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
A story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller, author of Circe ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel ‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times
© 2020 Picador (Ljudbok): 9781529005158
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 6 februari 2020
The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events – a story about the strength and courage of women.
‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail
The storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.
Vardø is now a place of women . . . Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs . . .
A story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller, author of Circe ‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel ‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times
© 2020 Picador (Ljudbok): 9781529005158
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 6 februari 2020
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Ewa
11 dec. 2020
Jag tänker läsa den själv för det är påfrestande att lyssna på inläsarens ansträngda försök att uttala de norska namnen.
Susan
10 juni 2021
Bra och intressant samtidigt som bra historia
Anna
10 jan. 2023
Styltig och monoton uppläsning av en förutsägbar och deprimerande historia.Orka.
Eva
15 feb. 2024
Otroligt relevant och tänkvärd trots att handlingen utspelar sig på 1600-talet. Jag blev väldigt berörd…
Eva
8 feb. 2020
Mycket bra historisk roman, hoppas den kommer på svenska så fler kommer att lyssna.
Elisabeth
23 aug. 2020
Stark berättelse. Viktigt att minnas, för det händer omkring oss i världen i hela tiden. Uppläsaren bra på skotska, men haltar på norskan.
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