The Bewitching (Hardback)

Set in the 16th century, The Bewitching by Jill Dawson promises a powerful and chilling tale of witchcraft and persecution from one of our most skilful and absorbing storytellers. -- Books of 2022 * Daily Mail *
A deeply satisfying and highly feminist novel . . . Jill Dawson has a knack for putting you right in the time and place, dousing you in terrified concern and setting you alight. Highly recommended. * Louisa Young *
She crafts magic out of darkness and light. Nothing evokes the past as vividly as her deft prose. Dark as The Bewitching is, with its uncanny echoes of our own times, we know we are safe in her superb, story-telling hands. * Philip Hoare *
Profoundly involving, vivid and new . . . she brings all a poet's skill for the seductive texture of life to a breathlessly exciting narrative. * Christobel Kent *
A magnificent writer. I would read her shopping lists. * Cathy Rentzenbrink *
A fascinating and deeply disturbing tale of witchcraft, male power, and the age old fear of women. * Caitlin Davies *
This powerful novel seizes the reader from the first page . . . it makes us aware of how gossip still traps us, as victims and as perpetrators . . . With her gift for penetrating into peoples' motives and silences Jill Dawson here succeeds in awakening the reality of long-past events. * Gillian Beer *
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Captivatingly lyrical * Guardian *
In a class of its own * Daily Mail *
Gripping * Spectator *