Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women by Eleanor Johnson #foliosociety The joyful and life-affirming new

The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the BAFTA-winning co-writer of Gavin and Stacey and the Sunday Times bestselling and Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold

Step into a darkly magical world of witchcraft

A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister

She would much rather spend her days arranging wild

as Suleyman the Magnificent and his terrifying pirate captain Barbarossa face down imperial enemies across two hemispheres

Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women by Eleanor Johnson #foliosociety The joyful and life-affirming newDATE OF RELEASE: 6 OCT 2026 How an ancient myth about a sexually voracious, baby slaying, loudmouthed demoness became the defining misogynistic archetype of Western civilizationFor as long as human societies have been telling stories, the patriarchy has felt threatened by women. In this book, Eleanor Johnson provides an engaging cultural history of a figure she calls the monstrous bitch, the notorious female who has haunted the patriarchal imagination