Corag’s voice is uniquely fluid, verging on stream of conscious, while Lesley is to the point, and solely told through letters to his wife.įletcher’s prose through her heroin’s voice are equal parts beautiful as they are haunting. The contrast of the character’s perspective, both in nature and stylistically, proves to be as compelling as it is complimentary. Dutifully, Lesley listens to the filthy girl in the dank cell until eventually he warms, leaving him to wonder of the justice in her condemnation. She is our heroin, bewitching as the hills themselves.Ĭharles Lesley is sent by the King to gather Corag’s testimony of the events, to which she gives so long as he listens to the years of her life leading up to her incarceration. Wild, young Corag sits in a jail cell, condemned to burn as both witch and traitor for her hand in warning the MacDonald’s of their doom, and allowing some to escape over the mountains. Witch Light, by Susan Fletcher is a compelling historical fiction set amidst the green hills and bloody events of the Glen Coe Massacre.
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