{"product_id":"9781789465860","title":"Something Wicked : The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches by Carol Ann Lee","description":"The autumn must read: Something Wicked this way comes...\u003cp\u003eAccused. Condemned. Redefined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle's dungeons, while awaiting trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Today, a thriving tourism industry exists in and around Pendle, the former home of the so-called witches, yet 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunday Times bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely fresh perspective to the story by approaching it as true crime. Having worked in the genre for more than a decade, her research leads to revelatory discoveries, transforming our knowledge of those shadowy figures behind ill-famed names, and the terrible events that befell them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After four centuries of superstition and surmise, the two central, warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow working as 'cunning women' - emerge fully formed, as the book uncovers the reality of their lives and their alleged crimes before exploring the trial and executions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Along the way, we uncover the truth behind some of the story's most enduring mysteries: the legend of Malkin Tower and the final resting place of the Pendle witches. This is a ground-breaking book that will take the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial.\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 416 pages","brand":"John Blake Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050149003491,"sku":"9781789465860","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781789465860.jpg?v=1755870731","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781789465860","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}