The Daylight Gate Author:Jeanette Winterson Good Friday 1612. Pendle Hill. — A mysterious gathering of thirteen people is interrupted by a local magistrate. Is it a witches' Sabbat? — In Lancaster Castle two notorious witches await trial and certain death, while the beautiful and wealthy Alice Nutter rides to their defence. — Elsewhere a starved child lurks. And a ... more »Jesuit priest and former Gunpowder plotter makes his way from France to a place he believes will offer him sanctuary.
But will it? And how safe can anyone be in Witch Country?« less