A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024 A BBC BEST BOOK OF 2024 In thirteenth-century Ireland a
woman with power is a woman to be feared. When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither
under the constraints of family responsibilities she vows that she won't suffer the same fate.
Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money and builds a flourishing business. But
as her wealth and stature grow so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she
has moved on to her fourth husband a blaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in an
accusation that could prove fatal. Inspired by the first recorded person in Ireland to have
been condemned as a witch Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history who dared to
carve her own space in a man's world.
