The Bloody Branch

Brigid Lowe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2026
Harvill (Verlag)
9781787305267 (ISBN)

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Man is cruel but the flowers will take their revenge. A gorgeously dark and magical novel inspired by three Celtic heroines.

'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling Author

Darkness is falling across the land. All that stands against it are three determined women: slave queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, and Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers. Can they unite against the deadly force who threatens them all?

The sadistic ambition of the magician Gwydion wreaks havoc across the forests, cliffs and fields of the kingdom. With the earth itself at stake, Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd must unleash their most uncanny powers to challenge him.

In this vital and visceral novel, Brigid Lowe casts ancient light on desire, sex and our relationship with nature to bring these Celtic heroines to explosive, sensuous, blossoming new life.

A magnificent folkloric retelling rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo

‘A rich, visceral fever dream unafraid to take you to the darkest corners of myth and magic’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch. I revelled in the absolutely exquisite prose...this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

Brigid Lowe grew up in a remote Welsh-speaking community on Ynys Môn, with her younger sister and Irish immigrant parents. She now lives with her children in that part of Scotland known as Yr Hen Ogledd – The Old North – formerly joined with Wales in one Cumbric nation. She studied literature at Bangor, completed a doctorate at Oxford, and went on to teach and research at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities, publishing a book and many essays on the art of fiction. Brigid traces her descent from travellers, circus performers, mill workers and gallowglass warriors. She takes photographs of flowers, forages her food, clambers pinnacles, and swims in ice and caves and bottomless pools.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.1.2026
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	700 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-13	9781787305267 / 9781787305267
Zustand	Neuware