Description |
312 pages : illustration ; 25 cm. |
Summary |
"A debut literary historical thriller based on the witch hunts in 1640s England--the most intense in English history--in which Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, convicted more than a hundred women of witchcraft. In 1645, Alice Hopkins returns to her brother's house in disgrace, husbandless and pregnant. The brother she remembers is now a grown man and he's hunting witches: women who live on the margins of society--often childless widows, or women with deformities or feeble minds who are rejected by their communities. Viewed through the eyes of Alice, this is a woman's story of fear, friendship, love, betrayal, and redemption. What--or who--is Matthew really hunting? And to what dark place will his obsession lead them all?"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Hopkins, Matthew, -1647 -- Fiction.
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Witch hunting -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Women -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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ISBN |
9780399179143 (hardback) |
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0399179143 (hardback) |
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