Bright I Burn

Mesmerising . . . An imaginative, very stylishly written and entertaining book * * Irish Times * * Extraordinary . . . Some of the best prose I've read -- ELAINE FEENEY Gripping * * NEW YORKER * * An incredible medieval life rendered in incandescent flashes * * Kirkus * * Vividly recreates medieval Ireland, its challenges and customs, its increasingly influential clergy, its gossiping townspeople. There's an ever-encroaching sense of death and violence, whether in the harsh natural world or the brutal world of men. Amid this, Alice is a driven and often ruthless woman * * Irish Times * * Spellbinding witch literature . . . A stunning rendition of one fierce Irish woman's voice pitted against the patriarchal power constructs of Medieval Ireland -- ANYA BERGMAN Aitken is a distinct, singular, stunning voice in historical fiction, and Bright I Burn is a triumph. It took my breath away -- JENNY MUSTARD A gorgeous, blazing novel, that makes history crackle to life. Fans of Maggie Farrell's Hamnet or A.K. Blakemore's The Manningtree Witches will love Aitken's complex, sensual anti-heroine -- CLARE POLLARD I was captivated. Every sentence reads like poetry. A stunning, magical, beguiling book -- HUMA QURESHI Gripping, poetic, a glorious story of a remarkable woman's passion and her revenge -- LOUISA REID