CUNNING FOLK

Cunning Folk transports us to a time when magic was used to solve life s day to day problems as well as some of deadly importance A brilliant book written with wit and vigour MALCOLM GASKILL author of The Ruin of All Witches Absolutely fascinating IAN MORTIMER author of The Time Traveller s Guide to Medieval EnglandIt s 1600 and you ve lost your precious silver spoons or maybe they ve been stolen Perhaps your child has a fever Or you re facing trial Maybe you re looking for love or escaping a husband What do you do In medieval and early modern Europe your first port of call might well have been cunning folk practitioners of magic who were a common even essential part of daily life at a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane Charming thought provoking and based on original research Cunning Folk is an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world by an expert historian as well as a commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human I adore Cunning Folk A truly fascinating and human book Ruth Goodman author of How To Be a Tudor Packed with vivid historical anecdotes this is an intriguing insight into the magical lives of past people and the history of our own superstitions today Marion Gibson author of Witchcraft Fascinating