Tag: norway
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Pikes Pick: Historical novel ‘The Mercies’ based on 1617 storm, 1621 witch trials
Kiran Millwood Hargrave hooked me immediately in “The Mercies,” her breathtaking 2020 novel inspired by a real storm that claimed the lives of dozens of men in a split second in Finnmark, Norway, in 1617, forcing the women in town to fend for themselves. That is, until male authority figures from neighboring towns showed up…







