The Curse of the Wise Woman
Author | : Lord Dunsany |
Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2022 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479473823 |
ISBN-13 | : 1479473820 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Curse of the Wise Woman written by Lord Dunsany and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1890s, a motherless teenager whose father has been forced to flee the country is left in charge of the family estates. He uses his freedom to indulge his love of field sports, focusing especially on wildfowl-shooting on a nearby peat bog. When he discovers the bog is threatened by an industrial peat-cutting syndicate, he finds no effective ally—except an old woman who believes herself to be a wise woman...a witch!