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Good Friday 1612, Pendle Hill, Lancashire: a mysterious gathering of 13 people is interrupted by local magistrate, Roger Nowell. Is this a witches' Sabbat? Two notorious Lancashire witches are already in Lancaster Castle waiting trial. But why is the beautiful, wealthy Alice Nutter defending them? And why is she among the group of 13 on Pendle Hill? This is the reign of James I, a Protestant King with an obsession: to rid his realm of twin evils, witchcraft and Catholicism, at any price.
Jeanette Winterson's latest novel, released by the new publishing arm of the famous Hammer Film company (makers of countless horror films), appropriately contains elements of horror (in its black masses, dark spells and heaving bosoms), and also features her long-standing themes of religious intolerance, lesbian sex, the bending of truth and fantasy, and bigotry, all told in her inimitable and dazzling style. Also check out these other books by Jeanette Winterson.
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2012
Author: Jeanette Winterson