{"product_id":"widdershins-newcastle-witch-trials-historical-fiction-9781739776244","title":"Widdershins: Newcastle witch trials historical fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Helen Steadman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bell Jar Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bell Jar Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Occult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid all women have something of the witch about them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Chandler is an apprentice healer. From childhood, she and her mother have used herbs to cure the sick. But Jane will soon learn that her sheltered life in a small village is not safe from the troubles of the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his father's beatings to his uncle's raging sermons, John Sharpe is beset by bad fortune. Fighting through personal tragedy, he finds his purpose: to become a witchfinder and save innocents from the scourge of witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWiddershins tells the story of the women who were persecuted and the men who condemned them. Based on the little-known Newcastle witch trials, where fifteen women and one man were hanged for witchcraft on a single day in August 1650.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46445264273559,"sku":"9781739776244","price":1259.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781739776244.webp?v=1769133467","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/widdershins-newcastle-witch-trials-historical-fiction-9781739776244","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}