The Witch and the Priest
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Hilda Lewis was een Britse auteur wiens werk zich vaak verdiepte in geschiedenis en mythologie. Ze blonk uit in schrijven voor zowel jonge lezers als volwassenen, waarbij haar historische romans met een boeiende aanpak verleden levens en gebeurtenissen verkenden. Haar geschriften, hoewel nu grotendeels niet meer verkrijgbaar, kenmerken zich door een diepe interesse in het bovennatuurlijke en historische details. Lewis had het talent om vroegere tijdperken en personages tot leven te brengen, wat lezers een rijke literaire ervaring bood.






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