Something Wicked - The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches

On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. They had endured months of imprisonment and torture so extreme that one of the group died while awaiting trial.

Virtually everything we know about the case originates from a single source: Thomas Potts' Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches, hurriedly published in 1613 and distinctly skewed in favour of the prosecution. Until now...
After four centuries of superstition and surmise, Sunday Times bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely new perspective on this case. Using her skills as an award-winning true crime author, Lee examines the evidence against the two central warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow - uncovering the reality of their lives, exploring the trial and executions and exposing society's fears and prejudices against 'cunning women'.

This is a ground-breaking book that takes the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial.

About the author

Born in Yorkshire in 1969, Carol Ann Lee spent her childhood in Cornwall and now lives in York. She has written on subjects as wide-ranging as Anne Frank and Ruth Ellis, and specialises in true crime. Her book on Myra Hindley, One of Your Own, is the definitive study of both Hindley and the Moors Murders case. Lynda La Plante chose Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter, Carol's 2019 book on the victims and survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper, as her 'Book of the Year' in the Christmas edition of The Big Issue. The Murders at White House Farm, Carol's 2015 book, was optioned for television by New Pictures, and aired on ITV1.

Summary

Before Salem, there was Pendle

Foreword

Before Salem, there was Pendle

Product details

• Authors: Carol Ann Lee
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2024
• EAN: 9781789465839
• ISBN: 978-1-78946-583-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 634 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; True Crime, European History, Lancashire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Wicca (see also BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft), Folklore, myths & legends, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Conjuring & Magic, TRUE CRIME / Historical, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Witches; Pendle Witches; new research; Thomas Potts