“Red Runs the Witch’s Thread” is an intriguing read and is superbly portrayed in the style of the era it’s set in. With literary connotations and metaphoric symbolisms, this scholarly novel reads like poetry and with an addictive storyline, I found myself immersed in the world of thread bleaching and Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. 

 

If you look up Christian Shaw on the internet you’ll see she’s a real life person who was involved in the horrific Paisley witch trials in 1697.  She did indeed become a successful businesswoman establishing the Bargarran Thread Company, enabling the thriving Paisley thread industry. 

 

I’ve always been interested in the sickening witch trials that occurred through history and although this book is fictional, the fact that Christian Shaw really was involved in the death of several people she accused of being ‘witches’, makes this story equally as haunting as the author’s imaginative tale.  

 

An enjoyable story for early teenage readers through to adults of any age, I’m happy to recommend this book and having already read several of Victoria Williamson’s historical fiction short stories, I look forward to reading more from her in the future. 

 

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