The Sealwoman's Gift: the Zoe Ball book club novel of 17th century Iceland

Author: Sally Magnusson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'A remarkable feat of imagination ... I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure' Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children. In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's...Read more