The White Witch

The White Witch

In 17th-century Oxfordshire, Margaret waits in the manor for news from her husband―who’s fighting for the cause of Parliament. At Froniga’s hearth sits the wise woman whose moral clarity brings life to the community. Goudge’s novel explores the cost of zeal and the power of healing when village life is ruptured by national conflict. Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) was a British novelist born into the home of an Anglican priest and theologian. She wrote children’s books as well as novels—her Green Dolphin Street was made into a 1947 Academy-Award winning film starring Lana Turner, Van Heflin, and Donna Reed. In style and themes she parallels English writers such as the creator of the Miss Read series, as well mirroring the spiritual depth found in George MacDonald’s Victorian novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for The Little White Horse , which is J. K. Rowling’s favorite children’s book.