Cover Attraction & Wish List | Daughters of Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt

Title: Daughters of Witching Hill
Author: Mary Sharratt
Release date: April ’10
Daughters of the Witching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt.
Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic. When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights.
Sharratt interweaves well-researched historical details of the 1612 Pendle witch-hunt with a beautifully imagined story of strong women, family, and betrayal. Daughters of the Witching Hill is a powerful novel of intrigue and revelation.


I can’t wait to read this one! I’ll be hosting a giveaway for this book in April, so stop by and enter!!!
That cover fits the description perfectly! I hope you don’t have to wait too long.
I’ve seen this one on a few wish lists lately. That is a gorgeous cover!
This one caught my eye just yesterday.
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“Catholic folk magic” is a phrase I’ve never heard before. Intriguing!
Here’s mine: http://badgerish.net/2010/02/03/cover-attraction-hespira-by-matthew-hughes/