The Bloody Branch

Man is cruel, but the flowers will take their revenge.Three great heroines – slave queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, and Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers – unite to avenge themselves on one of the most dangerous men to stalk ancient Britain.Gwydion is a sorcerer of powerful magic, whose ambition and cruelty wreak havoc across the kingdom. But when he goes too far, Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd combine their unique powers to fight him.In this vital and visceral retelling of one of the oldest stories in British literature and precursor of modern fantasy fiction, Brigid Lowe draws on the enduring themes of desire, sexual politics and our relationship with nature to bring Celtic myth to explosive, sensuous, blossoming life.