Hagtale: A Macbeth Origin StoryA hagtale, a dark fable, a story told around winters fires and known to Shakespeare but never written down. Until now. In eleventh century Scotland, feral wolf child Wulva is brought up by witches and then sent to live at a Scottish castle, where she falls under the spell of cruel, ambitious Lord Macbeth. Three hundred years later, gentle Brother Rowan goes on a strange and perilous journey to a remote and ancient monastery to write a history of the

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author of the highly-acclaimed The Butcher's Hook

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Rendered an absolute twit in modern society by his medieval upbringing

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