ARGONAUT BOOKS

'Witchfinders' tells the true and terrible story of Matthew Hopkins and his horrifying crusade as witch-hunting fever gripped the country. Malcolm Gaskill uses his great storytelling talents to bring the mid-17th century alive. Reviews Gives the ordinary reader a visceral sense of mid-seventeenth-century England . . . satisfyingly complexLiterary ReviewAn evocative travelogue . . . setpieces of rich descriptionTimes Literary SupplementLucid and humaneHilary MantelThe incessant peculiarity of the accusations could easily make the stories told in this book seem quaint rather t...Read More