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Exeter, 1195. When a prominent burgess and guild-master falls dead across his horse, Crowner John declines to hold an inquest as the man had been complaining of chest pains and shows no signs of injury. Events take a sinister turn, however, when a straw-dolly is discovered hidden under the man's saddle, a spike driven through its heart. The victim's stident wife declares her husband's death to have been the result of an evil spell, cast at the behest of a rival mill-owner who wants to acquire his business. Enlisting the help of her cousin, a cathedral canon with an eye to ecclesiastical advancement, the widow begins a campaign in the name of the Church against witchcraft and the so-called 'cunning women' who practise it. This escalates until Exeter is divided into two camps and a climate of fear predominates. Still the coroner refuses to get involved - until his beloved mistress is accused of witchcraft. Can Crowner John unearth the real culprit and save Nesta from the hangman's noose?

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Crime & mystery

• Full title: Witch Hunter
• Author: Bernard Knight
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780743449892
• ISBN: 0743449894
• ID: 04126013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Weight: 328 g
• Dimensions: 176 × 112 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. April 2004

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