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A review by jacquilogan
The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman
4.0
The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman audiobook narrated by Sofia Engstrand, published by Manilla Press, listened to using Audible 5 Stars.
This is the second book I have read or listened to about witch’s and Vardø in northern Norway and have enjoyed both, I might have slightly enjoyed The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave more but both I loved.
There is hopefully a special place in hell, for the men in stories like this and because they are based on real life events so there was men who really believe that these people mainly woman really were witches.
Set in 1662 in Vardø northern Norway (The Mercies are set slightly earlier but also in Vardø). Recently widowed Zigri is distraught after losing her son and then her husband, in her grief she begins an affair. The man’s family accuses her of fornicating with a devil, she is sent to the fortress on Vardø to be tried as a witch. Zigri’s daughter Ingeborg set off to try and find her mother with her friend Maren (herself the daughter of a witch) to bring her back home.
It didn’t take much to be accused of witchcraft, one comment in the book is ‘Drinks too much ale for a woman’ and under torture most gave names or admitted to whatever they were accused of.
What absolutely blows my mind is how stupid these men were, I mean if they were really witches, they would turn them all into some creature you can stamp of or fly away.
One of the ways they checked to see if a person was a witch or not was to swim them. If they sank, they weren’t a witch if they didn’t it meant they were a witch, they did this in the sea, northern Norway, it is amazing they didn’t die straight away from shock.
Definitely recommend this one for those who enjoy these types of titles of fiction based on real events
This is the second book I have read or listened to about witch’s and Vardø in northern Norway and have enjoyed both, I might have slightly enjoyed The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave more but both I loved.
There is hopefully a special place in hell, for the men in stories like this and because they are based on real life events so there was men who really believe that these people mainly woman really were witches.
Set in 1662 in Vardø northern Norway (The Mercies are set slightly earlier but also in Vardø). Recently widowed Zigri is distraught after losing her son and then her husband, in her grief she begins an affair. The man’s family accuses her of fornicating with a devil, she is sent to the fortress on Vardø to be tried as a witch. Zigri’s daughter Ingeborg set off to try and find her mother with her friend Maren (herself the daughter of a witch) to bring her back home.
It didn’t take much to be accused of witchcraft, one comment in the book is ‘Drinks too much ale for a woman’ and under torture most gave names or admitted to whatever they were accused of.
What absolutely blows my mind is how stupid these men were, I mean if they were really witches, they would turn them all into some creature you can stamp of or fly away.
One of the ways they checked to see if a person was a witch or not was to swim them. If they sank, they weren’t a witch if they didn’t it meant they were a witch, they did this in the sea, northern Norway, it is amazing they didn’t die straight away from shock.
Definitely recommend this one for those who enjoy these types of titles of fiction based on real events