![]() Publication date: 28th October 2021 Genre: Historical Fictionįind The Manningtree Witches on Goodreadsĭisclosure: If you buy a book via the above link, I may earn a commission from , whose fees support independent bookshops It is a visceral, thrilling book that announces a bold new talent.įormat: Paperback (295 pages) Publisher: Granta The Manningtree Witches plunges its readers into the fever and menace of the English witch trials, where suspicion, mistrust and betrayal ran amok as the power of men went unchecked and the integrity of women went undefended. When a child falls ill with a fever and starts to rave about covens and pacts, the questions take on a bladed edge. But then newcomer Matthew Hopkins, a mysterious, pious figure dressed from head to toe in black, takes over The Thorn Inn and begins to ask questions about the women of the margins. Rebecca West, daughter of the formidable Beldam West, fatherless and husbandless, chafes against the drudgery of her days, livened only by her infatuation with the clerk John Edes. ![]() At the margins of this diminished community are those who are barely tolerated by the affluent villagers – the old, the poor, the unmarried, the sharp-tongued. ![]() In Manningtree, depleted of men since the wars began, the women are left to their own devices. Puritanical fervour has gripped the nation, and the hot terror of damnation burns black in every shadow. Parliament is battling the King the war between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers rages. ![]()
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