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The Sisters of Cynvael

Diana Powell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cinnamon Press

Published:15th May '24

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A glittering retelling of Welsh myth that asks questions of society as it is today.In the arms of the Oak in the whisper of the River… Elizabeth I has died and with her passes an era. Science promises to shed light where magic and folklore have offered shadows. Mared walks out of step with the changing world. For her the old ways continue to have power and meaning. But her father — minister, soldier, physician and Master of Cynvael — shows little patience with witchcraft and superstition. His eldest daughter should be more like her sister Lizzie, a committed advocate of this new age of reason: biddable, dutiful and easily domesticated. But Mared begins to suspect there is more to her father than his sermons and his experiments. As she uncovers dark arts as well as dark secrets, Mared must join with Lizzie to find truth in the shadows… and to act. Reworking the legend of Huw Llwyd, The Sisters of Cynvael blends myth and social commentary in a gripping feast of language and invention.

ISBN: 9781911540205

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

140 pages