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Original Title:	Corrag
ISBN:	0007321597 (ISBN13: 9780007321599)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2010)

Corrag Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages

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Title	:	Corrag
Author	:	Susan Fletcher
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2010 by Fourth Estate (GB) (first published March 4th 2010)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Scotland. Paranormal. Witches. Fantasy

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“We are the Magick--we are. The truest magick in this world is in us... It is in our movements and in what we say and feel.” This was such a beautifully written book that is based on a real event - the Massacre of Glencoe. A massacre which took place at 5am on February 13. 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Throughout reading this book, I found myself highlighting huge sections. The writing is beautiful and poetic. Corrag is a heroine the reader can root for, and, one might even learn a little about Scotland's history and the treatment of suspected witches. This book is told through Corrag's voice and the letters which Irish propagandist and Jacobite, Charles Leslie writes to his wife. Charles Leslie heard of the massacre and came to visit Corrag in her cell where she is chained and awaiting her death. She has been accused of witchcraft and murder. Corrag agrees to tell him her story so that the truth comes out and that she will not be alone in her final days. Charles is hoping to gain evidence that will prove that King William was involved in the Murder/Massacre so that King James could be reinstated. The tale she tells is haunting, poetic and moving. She speaks of her Mother and Grandmother both condemned as witches. How her Mother told her to flee and she would know where she was meant to be when she saw it. Her tale involves hardship, loss, death, beauty, hope, resiliency and ends with friendship. Corrag tells how she found the Highland and befriended the Macdonald clan when she was able to save their leader using her herbs and stitching skills. Corrag tells of her time in the mountains and gives vivid descriptions of the mountains, the people, and her small hut and friendship with the Macdonald clan. “This is the place. I was certain. For the heart knows its home when it finds it, and on finding it, stays there.” When Charles sat down with Corrag initially he was cautious. He was meeting with a witch - a woman condemned to burn at the stake when the thaw occurred. Each time they spoke, Charles took notes and later that evening wrote to his wife and detailed his thoughts on Corrag and their meeting. “But maybe the best thing I learnt was this: that we cannot know a person's soul and nature until we've sat beside them, and talked.” Corrag had the ability to warm the hearts of those around her with her outlook on life and her thoughts on nature. She saw beauty in the world and openly shared these thoughts with others. Was she a witch? Was she a nature lover? Was she a threat? Was she misunderstood? Was she different? or Was she freer than most because she lived life on her terms with an open heart and positive attitude? “What creatures we are. What powers are in us--in all of us. What we already know, if we choose to spend time with ourselves. What a deep love we can feel.” Witches, the highlands, a massacre.... this is the stuff of legends. It also makes for great historical fiction! I love books based on real events. This one did not disappoint. I loved how one woman changed the lives of many! This book was haunting, captivating and had me glued to my seat the entire time. This book had beautiful vivid descriptions. I could easily imagine the settings and felt as if I were right there with the characters. I also appreciated the research that went into the writing of this book. “I've heard fate talked of. It's not a word I use. I think we make our own choices. I think how we live our lives is our own doing, and we cannot fully hope on dreams and stars. But dreams and stars can guide us, perhaps. And the heart's voice is a strong one. Always is" Your heart's voice is your true voice. It is easy to ignore it, for sometimes it says what we'd rather it did not - and it is so hard to risk the things we have. But what life are we living, if we don't live by our hearts? Not a true one. And the person living it is not the true you.” Moving, engrossing, captivating, riveting and heartfelt. I highly recommend.

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*SPOILERS*A beautiful and poetic story that could be described in many ways:1. It was historical fiction based on a true story of the slaughter of a Northern Scottish Village and almost all of its people ordered by a control hungry horrible king in the late 1600's 2. It is the conversion story of a preacher who based his world around the law, the scriptures, the biases of his people at the time. The conversion takes place while he is interviewing a witch in prison who is about to be burned for

There is a stillness and beauty to Susan Fletcher's writing that will enchant the reader and take your breath away with beautiful vivid descriptions of the Scottish Highlands and a tale that will transport you to another time and place. Prepare to be bewitched Corrag is the story of a young woman who has witnessed the horrific massacare of Glencoe on a winters dawn in 1692, where William IIIs redcoats brutally slaughtered 32 of the McDonald's Men Women and Children Clan. The reason for the

We are the Magick--we are. The truest magick in this world is in us... It is in our movements and in what we say and feel. This was such a beautifully written book that is based on a real event - the Massacre of Glencoe. A massacre which took place at 5am on February 13. 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Throughout reading this book, I found myself highlighting huge sections. The writing

No doubt some readers will be put off by the rather challenging style and language used by the author in this novel, Corrag. I myself have issues with some books because of it. For whatever reason, I found it easy to get into the story from the opening pages, and for my brain to adapt to the authors prose style. The language has been cast in a somewhat antique style, with archaic words, stilted phrases and awkward sentence structures in some passages. Because I was captivated by the story I

Basic plot run down: after witnessing the events at the Massacre at Glencoe, Corrag is accused of witchcraft and imprisoned. Irish minister (and secret Jacobite) Charles Leslie comes to interview her in hopes of finding proof that King William was truly behind the massacre. The narrative is told mostly from Corrag's point of view as she recounts her life before and leading up to the events at Glencoe. This alternates with Leslie's point of view as he writes home to his wife in Ireland recounting

Corrag is in a dark cell with shackles on her wrists, chained to the wall. It is winter, but as soon as the Spring thaw arrives, she will be burned at the stake as a witch.Reverend Charles Leslie, adopting his wifes maiden name for a disguise, arrives in the town to find out information about the Glencoe massacre of the MacDonald clan in Scotland. He is hoping to utilize this information to help restore James Stuart to the throne. He has heard of the witch in her cell and that she knew what had