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當代知名作家珍奈．溫特森以英國女巫審判事件出發的驚悚小說
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　　事件發生在17世紀初的英國，篤信新教的國王詹姆士一世決定不計任何代價，鏟除國土裡的兩種異端：巫術與天主教。

　　某地，一個由13位人士構成的神秘組織聚會被地方官Roger Nowell打斷，大家懷疑那是與女巫有關的集會。彼時，在蘭開斯特堡已經有兩名蘭開夏郡的女巫等待審判，而且令所有人不解的是，美麗的富家千金Alice Nutter堅持挺身而出為她們辯護，她與那神秘組織之間到底有何干係？

　　另一方面，有關耶穌會牧師，也是1605年爆炸案的密謀者將重返蘭開夏郡的傳言甚囂塵上。究竟是誰提供他棲身之所？在國王的眼下，他又能躲得了多久？（文/博客來編譯）

　　Good Friday, 1612. Pendle Hill, Lancashire. A mysterious gathering of thirteen people is interrupted by local magistrate, Roger Nowell. Is this a witches’ Sabbat? Two notorious Lancashire witches are already in Lancaster Castle waiting trial. Why is the beautiful and wealthy Alice Nutter defending them? And why is she among the group of thirteen on Pendle Hill? Elsewhere, a starved, abused child lurks. And a Jesuit priest and former Gunpowder plotter, recently returned from France, is widely rumoured to be heading for Lancashire. But who will offer him sanctuary? And how quickly can he be caught? This is the reign of James I, a Protestant King with an obsession: to rid his realm of twin evils, witchcraft and Catholicism, at any price...