Böcker av Sinead Spearing

England 1657. Alison, a folk- healer, stands falsely accused of murder by witchcraft, an allegation that sets in motion a powerful curse - "May your women forever wane!" - the spell haunting generations of her accuser's family, sending their women early to their graves. London 2022.Eden Flynn - an anxiety-ridden academic of Old English magic is invited for a job interview in the crypt of Southwark Cathedral, where her interviewer, the dashingly handsome geneticist Lord James Fabian, pulls her into the midst of his family secret: his sister is sick, and his daughter is showing signs of the same mental affliction. Science has failed to find a cure, so with Eden's help he hopes to pursue a different methodology - magic! Together they re-enact an ancient Old English healing ritual that transports Eden back through time where she meets Alison, who reveals her destiny: only Eden can break the blood curse, curing James's daughter and sending the true witch back to Hell. Can Eden fulfil her part in the web which has been woven stronger and stronger over hundreds of years? Can she find the strength to break the bonds that bind her and Lord Fabian to the past? And can she live with the changes she will unleash?

In this pioneering work, Sinead Spearing draws on current archeological evidence, literature, folklore, case studies and original religious documentation to bring to life these forgotten healers - by doing so she exposes the elaborate conspiracy conceived

An extensive exploration of medical and psychological treatments from the Anglo-Saxons.