The Bewitching
Book description
'A literary page-turner . . . compulsive and thought-provoking' Paula Hawkins
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 she's no fool. Visiting her new neighbours in her Fenland village, she…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Bewitching as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This well-researched and atmospheric story is powerful and engrossing. It is set in dangerous times: in 16th century Huntingdonshire.
Dawson cleverly slips in weird medieval vocabulary and snippets about herbal cures but without slowing the reading experience and the flow of the absorbing tale. I love language so this was a special delight, as was imagining a time where life was so very cheap and disease and death were constant neighbours, and one might well be fired up about going on a day out to see a witch burning.
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