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Really good introduction to witchcraft trials in England. The author focuses on several of the more well-known trials (including Pendle) as well as looking at two of the best-known witchfinders. Highly recommend if you want to learn more about the subject, but don't know where to start!

Amazon Customer

Witches and how they were treated in the middle ages have always been a fascinating subject not just gor me but for anyone interested in the social history of England. Willow’s books fills in a huge number of blanks and reminds us of the obsessive behaviour towards them that was prevalent at the time.

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Books Monthly

I found it to be an excellent read, giving a solid introduction in to witchcraft and witch trials in England, and I'd highly recommend it as a good place for the curious reader to start.

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The Creative Historian

It is detailed and well-referenced, but lucidly written and an entertaining as well as an illuminating read, which sets to right many assumptions and misconceptions about witchcraft in English history... this is highly recommended not just for students of witchcraft, but for anyone interested in the social history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially its darker side!

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Magonia Review, John Rimmer

When a book is as interesting, informative and insightful as this, it's natural to be left wanting more, but frustrating to know more is only slightly out of reach.

All About History, December 2018

This is a book that rewards reading, with an extensive bibliography and notes for those interested in more details. I certainly recommend it to those with spurious ideas about witchcraft and the history of persecutions in England.

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Rosemarie Cawkwell, Blogger