Embers of the Hands HC25 It was not achieved by

It was not achieved by her looks: ‘I have never been beautiful

Aubergine and Kale – to enable you to crochet a rainbow of roots and shoots

Fritz Dörries set out on his first trip to Eastern Siberia in 1877

strange goings-on and magical tales

health or emotions

Embers of the Hands HC25 It was not achieved byLonglisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non FictionA Times best History Book of the Year 2024It's time to meet the real Vikings. A comb, preserved in a bog, engraved with the earliest traces of a new writing system. A pagan shrine deep beneath a lava field. A note from an angry wife to a husband too long at the tavern. Doodles on birch bark, made by an imaginative child. From these tiny embers, Eleanor Barraclough blows back to life the vast, rich