The daylight gate by jeanette winterson penguin books. She has written 10 novels for adults, as well as childrens books, nonfiction and screenplays. The daylight gate, by jeanette winterson jeanette wintersons the daylight gate follows the witches and outcasts of 17th century england. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A gripping and grisly gothic tale of alice nutter and the 17th century pendle witch hunt by the whitbread awardwinning author of the passion the guardian, uk. Jeanette winterson has embraced horror in this devastating short novel about the pendle witch trials. Home books fiction fantasy the daylight gate the daylight gate. Motherless and anchorless, silver is taken in by the timeless mr. Discovering early the power of books she left home at 16 to live in a mini and get on with her education. Mixing historical detail and dark horror, winterson brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 english witch trials. Paperback by jeanette winterson, jeanette winterson. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or.
The daylight gate by jeanette winterson books library. Wintersons novella is set in 1612, during the feverishly paranoid reign of. In lancaster castle two notorious witches await trial and certain death, while the beautiful and wealthy alice nutter rides to their defence. In the following pages youll find excerpts from all the books, my own view of what they are and how they work, and an easy way to buy them. An instant bestseller in the uk, the daylight gate is jeanette wintersons singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined.
Her writing has won the whitbread award for best first novel, the john llewellyn rhys. Jeanette winterson obe is the author of ten novels, including oranges are not the only fruit, the passion and sexing the cherry. Set against these forays into london parties and brothels is the ritual sexual abuse of witches and their kin, and the grim tale of nineyearold jennet device s revenge. Oct 25, 2015 mixing historical detail and dark horror, winterson brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 english witch trials. Buy the daylight gate by jeanette winterson from amazons fiction books store. People an instant bestseller in the uk, the daylight gate is jeanette wintersons singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined.
To open the daylight gate is to be thrust into an england most americans will have trouble believing ever existed. It should be noted, that while many of the characters and locations and events are based in historical fact, there are aspects that the author has put her own spin on and taken certain liberties with. The daylight gate is a novella about the pendle witch trials, written by jeanette winterson for the hammer publishing imprint. Page about the daylight gate by jeanette winterson. The daylight gate by jeanette winterson librarything.
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