Book description
Good Friday 1612. Pendle Hill.
A mysterious gathering of thirteen people is interrupted by a local
magistrate. Is it a witches' Sabbat?
In Lancaster Castle two notorious witches await trial and certain
death, while the beautiful and wealthy Alice Nutter rides to their defence.
Elsewhere a starved child lurks. And a Jesuit priest and former
Gunpowder plotter makes his way from France to a place he believes
will offer him sanctuary.
But will it? And how safe can anyone be in Witch Country?
Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,
The Passion
and
Sexing the Cherry
; a book of short stories,
The World and Other Places
; a collection of essays,
Art Objects
, a memoir,
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
, as well as many other works, including children's books, screenplays
and journalism. Her writing has won the Whitbread Award for Best First
Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Award
and the Prix d'argent at Cannes Film Festival. She lives in London and
Gloucestershire.
