The Bloody Branch

Brigid Lowe author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Publishing:21st Jan '27

£10.99

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A gorgeously dark and magical tale of female revenge inspired by Celtic folklore and wild nature

'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling Author

Three figures loom from the gathering dark of Britain’s oldest story: a queen risen from slavery, a sorceress of the moon and an unwilling wife conjured from flowers. Their fates are bound together by the cruelty of a magician whose hunger scars the land.

The Bloody Branch retells Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd’s story from the inside, revealing an epic not of male conquest but of women’s transformation. They may suffer alone but they will fight back together.

Brigid Lowe’s dark and sensuous reimagining of the founding epic of Wales – The Mabinogion – casts ancient light on desire, sex and nature, as her heroines blossom into fierce new life.

'Rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo

‘A rich, visceral fever dream’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch... this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

Brigid’s book is a masterpiece of poetic reimagining, woven into an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound. -- Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling Author
A rich, visceral fever dream unafraid to take you to the darkest corners of myth and magic... always powerful, the story is conveyed in language that branches, metamorphoses, and invites you to follow it into the mists of medieval myth. -- Lucy Holland, author of SISTERSONG
I adored everything about The Bloody Branch. I revelled in the absolutely exquisite prose - pure poetry - and its intensely atmospheric world shimmering with folklore and magic. I reread lines multiple times, shocked at their beauty. Shifting between violence and tenderness, protest and surrender, this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell. -- Emma van Straaten
A magnificent folkloric retelling rich with passion and relevance for our modern world. Every single page captured me, heart and soul, as I bore witness to female solidarity & strength, mankind's destruction and violence and the endurance and power of nature... Lowe interweaves folklore, history and magic through lush prose and compelling storytelling. Her powers of description are breathtaking.... Stunning! -- Anya Bergman, author of THE WITCHES OF VARDO
An astonishing feat of reimagined myth - lush, wild and evocative. Dripping in beauty and brutality, The Bloody Branch is spellbinding from the first page. * Emily Cooper, author of SEASON OF FEAR *

ISBN: 9781529956535

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

384 pages