JENNI FAGAN WRITER Jenni Fagan talks about her new book Hex
bringing us to the North Berwick Witch Trials.It's the 4th December
1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several
floors below Edinburgh’s High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan
receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a
future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they
believe.As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the
circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial,
while Iris offers support, solace – and the tantalising prospect of
escape.Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is
consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of
a king’s violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt,
right up to the present day.
