Hagtale: A Macbeth Origin Story by Sally O’Reilly #literature After the death of her

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Hagtale: A Macbeth Origin Story by Sally O’Reilly #literature After the death of herA hagtale, a dark fable, a fireside story, known to Shakespeare, but unwritten. 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 Scottish king line. Misfits