The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey A Review 'Father, I slept all day, I cut a hole in a wall to spy on a woman, I shovelled my no-good clay onto my neighbour's plot, I stole the last spoonfool of honey instead of offering it to my husband, I ate the lucky egg, I cursed …
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Matoaka's Last Journey
'Tis enough that the child liveth.' Rebecca's Tale (Part Three) Wahunsenacawh did not attend his daughter’s wedding. Instead, he sent a brother-in-law and two nephews ‘to see the manner of the mariage and to doe in that behalfe what they were requested'. According to some accounts, he also sent Mataoka a pearl necklace as a …
Christianity's Hidden Goddess?
Mary Magdalene by Lynn Picknett 'On the feast day of SAINT *** Mary Magdalene . . . in the year 1209 something utterly horrific and bewildering, yet at the same time somewhat magnificent, took place at Béziers . . . France. [E]very last inhabitant of the town went willingly to their deaths at the hands …
