Hamnet meets Circe in the stunning lost story of Shakespeare’s greatest witch
The deeply moving second novel from
Nydia Hetherington
The Encore Award Shortlisted
Wilbur Smith Prize Shortlisted
Published by Quercus
“A beautifully written tale of otherness and becoming, which charms and beguiles in equal measure” Nikki Marmery, author of Lilith.
“With all the reverberations and resonances of ancient tales, Sycorax is a vivid and stirring re-imagining of Shakespeare's final witch. Hetherington's prose will cast a spell on you.” Molly Aitken, author of Bright I Burn.
“With Sycorax living constantly in pain, trying to help people but always feared and shunned, the reader rages and hopes for her while always knowing where this story is going to end. It's a fascinating exploration of an obscure character” SFX Magazine.
“P.S. is beyond excited about this wonderful new take on Sycorax, the unseen, much maligned and misunderstood, yet important "blue-eyed hag" in Shakespeare's The Tempest.” PS Magazine
Welcome to my author website
Thank you for your interest and support.
There are many quotes I thought might make a good introduction to my website, but in these troubled times there was only one that, even through all the horrors of our age, accurately describes my feelings about who and where we are. I hope it touches you, as it always has me.
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't.
From The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
