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We will confirm shipping time when order has been placed. It wasnt easy for 17yearold beatrice dunn to make it to manhattan in 1880, but she experienced a pull to the city that felt otherworldly. The witches of new york is historical fiction with a twistpart victorian fairy tale, part penny dreadful, part feminist manifesto. Granted, the town is new york in the fall of 1880, and theres only so much rolling a. While writing her new novel, the witches of new york, she discovered several women in her family tree who were accused and tried for witchcraft. Old new york shows its magic and its darkness in mckay s the virgin cure, 2012, etc. Mckays research shows particularly strongly in the strength of the link she makes between accusations of witchcraft, and their associated punishments, and a deeply. Wonderfully wicked and deliciously dark, the witches of new york had me totally spellbound. If you havent already figured it out, i am a huge fan of witches, books set in the 19th century. Boasting a set of core characters that are perfectly realised the witches of new york is a compelling, fast paced read. The witches of new york by ami mckay, 9781409128786, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The witches of new york by ami mckay penguin random house. Benefiting from research aplenty from author ami mckay, a victorian new york city really does come alive within its pages. During the nights between christmas and new years, the witches of new yorkadelaide thom, eleanor st.