![]() ![]() Whilst the men are out at sea fishing, a huge storm comes out of nowhere killing all forty men. Based on real events, this book is starts on Christmas Eve 1617 on the remote Norwegian Island of Vardø. ![]() Ki ran Millwood Hargrave is known for he children’s books and for being a poet and playwright, The Mercies is her first novel for adults. But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of Vardø to heel. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost to the waves – the menfolk of Vardø wiped out in an instant.Įighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. ![]()
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