Mist Over Pendle

THE TIMELESS GOTHIC CLASSIC, based on the real-life Lancashire witch trials_____________________________Seventeenth century England is a place of superstition and fear.Deep in the Forest of Pendle, people have been dying in mysterious circumstances. The locals whisper of witchcraft, but local justice Roger Nowell, in charge of investigating the deaths, dismisses the claims as ridiculous. Margery is a young woman of uncommon intelligence, raised in penury by a strict Puritan family which views her as disobedient and dangerous. Sent away to live with her distant cousin Roger in Pendle, Margery soon becomes Roger's partner in investigation, as a series of hideous desecrations force Roger to look further into the rumours of witchcraft.What they discover brings them face to face with the horrifying possibility that a coven of witches is assembling, preparing to unleash a campaign of evil and destruction..._____________________________Robert Neill's novel is a classic tale of witchcraft set in a wild inaccessible corner of Lancashire and in a time when the ancient fear of demons and witches was still a part of life... and death.

ISBN:	9780099557036
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Arrow Books
Published date:	31 Mar 2011
DEWEY:	823.914
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	404
Weight:	302g
Height:	198mm
Width:	131mm
Spine width:	26mm

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