This deeply philosophical and dramatic book is about an epic historic event and the difference a single heart can make-and how deep and lasting relationships can come from the most unlikely places. By telling it, she transforms both their lives.Īs in her award-winning debut novel, Eve Green, Susan Fletcher shows that she is 'a novelist with the soul of a poet' ( Booklist).

Hers is a story of passion, courage, love, and the magic of the natural world. As she awaits her death, she tells her story to Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist who seeks information she may have condemning the Protestant King William.

Forty miles south, brilliant, captivating Corrag-accused witch and orphaned herbalist-is imprisoned in the Scottish highlands for her involvement in the massacre. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan’s hospitality. This book holds a fond place on my book shelf, both for the story’s extraordinary young woman and of a tragic event made more than just a glossy placard, adding rich substance to an already brooding landscape.Ī book both surprising and compelling especially for those who crave good historical fiction set in Scotland.A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in 17th-century Scotland and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine.įebruary 13, 1692. History is alive and the blood feels fresh upon the land.Ī heart wrenching story of young woman in the midst of a historical tragedy who’s echoes can still be heard today. She equally encapsulates the Highlander culture through close attention to detail cementing historical immersion. The landscape becomes as lush as the characters, making mighty mountains loom in the mind's eye of the reader. Books by Susan Fletcher Authors like Susan Fletcher What Should I Read Next. Corag’s voice is uniquely fluid, verging on stream of conscious, while Lesley is to the point, and solely told through letters to his wife.įletcher’s prose through her heroin’s voice are equal parts beautiful as they are haunting. The contrast of the character’s perspective, both in nature and stylistically, proves to be as compelling as it is complimentary. Dutifully, Lesley listens to the filthy girl in the dank cell until eventually he warms, leaving him to wonder of the justice in her condemnation. She is our heroin, bewitching as the hills themselves.Ĭharles Lesley is sent by the King to gather Corag’s testimony of the events, to which she gives so long as he listens to the years of her life leading up to her incarceration. Wild, young Corag sits in a jail cell, condemned to burn as both witch and traitor for her hand in warning the MacDonald’s of their doom, and allowing some to escape over the mountains. Witch Light, by Susan Fletcher is a compelling historical fiction set amidst the green hills and bloody events of the Glen Coe Massacre.

The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher