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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780547422299
In “Daughters of the Witching Hill,” Mary Sharratt brings
history to life in a vivid and wrenching novel of strong women,
family and betrayal inspired by the 1612 Pendle witch trials.
Bess Southerns, an
impoverished widow, lives with her children in a crumbling old
tower in Pendle Forest. Drawing on Catholic ritual, medicinal
herbs, and guidance from her spirit-friend Tibb, Bess heals the
sick and foretells the future in exchange for food and drink. As
she ages, she instructs her best friend, Anne, and her
granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft. Anne ultimately turns to dark
magic, while Alizon struggles to accept the power she has inherited
and dreams of a simpler life. But when a peddler suffers a stroke
after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate tricks
her into accusing her family and neighbors of witchcraft. Suspicion
and paranoia reach frenzied heights as friends and loved ones turn
on one another and the novel draws to an inevitable conclusion.
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