The Bewitching

OUR MOST CONSUMMATE HISTORICAL NOVELIST Philip Hoare

Brilliant
Paula Hawkins

Breathtaking
Sadie Jones

Devastating
The Times

Terrific
Mail on Sunday

Chilling
Daily Express

A dazzling, shocking novel that speaks to our times, drawing on the 16th-century case of the witches of Warboys.

Alice Samuel might be old and sharp-tongued, but shes no fool. Visiting her new neighbours in her Fenland village, she finds Squire Throckmortons 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.

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 . . .

PRAISE FOR JILL DAWSON

A skilful storyteller
Hilary Mantel

A magnificent writer
Cathy Rentzenbrink

A spark fires throughout Dawsons work
Guardian

So gifted and assured
Daily Mail