The Bewitching Av Jill Dawson

<p><b>''OUR MOST CONSUMMATE HISTORICAL NOVELIST'' Philip Hoare</b><br><br>''Brilliant''<br><b>Paula Hawkins</b><br><br>''Devastating''<br><b><i>The Times</i></b><br><br>''Terrific''<br><b><i>Mail on Sunday</i></b><br><br><b>From the award-winning author of <i>The Language of Birds</i> and <i>The Crime Writer</i>, a chilling tale of a witch-hunt</b><br><br>Alice Samuel might be old and sharp-tongued, but she''s no fool. Visiting her new neighbours in her Fenland village, she finds Squire Throckmorton''s family troubled and, she suspects, not as God-fearing as they seem. Yet when one of the daughters accuses her of witchcraft, Alice has no idea of the danger she is in or how quickly matters will escalate.<br><br>The Throckmortons'' maid Martha, uneasy herself about strange goings-on in the household, is reluctant to believe that Alice is a witch. But as the entire village gets swept up in the frenzied persecution of one of their own, she struggles to find a voice . . .<br><br><br><b>PRAI