The Witch's Trinity - Erika Mailman (2007)It was the first time I was drawn into a book for some time, and again the bedside light went off a few minutes later that usual (late nights at work haven't helped the beauty sleep either).
Set in Germany in the 16th centuary, life was tough for all as the plague was still raveging towns and villages, and a famine was affecting most causing great hardships. Gude lives in a small village with her son, daughter in-law and two grandchildren. After seeing one of her closest friends accused of being a witch, Gude knows that her secrets may slip out and she will be in danger herself.
I felt the characters cold and hunger so much that I must admit to using up all of my leftover vegetables and making a chilli this week, thinking of them cold and suffering from hunger in their small wooden shacks. How did people keep warm then and how bad must they have smelt?
A gripping 4/5 for me.
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