Something Wicked, 9781789465860
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Uncover the truth behind England’s most notorious witch trial.
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Something Wicked

The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2026

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Summary

THE AUTUMN MUST READ: Something Wicked this way comes…

Accused. Condemned. Redefined.

On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster’s Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle’s dungeons, while awaiting trial.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781789465860
ISBN-10:1789465869
Author:Carol Ann Lee
Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd
Imprint:John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:2 February 2026
Weight:278g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 27mm
About The Author

Carol Ann Lee

Born in Yorkshire in 1969, Carol Ann Lee spent her childhood in Cornwall and now lives in York. She has written on subjects as wide-ranging as Anne Frank and Ruth Ellis, and specialises in true crime. Her book on Myra Hindley, One of Your Own, is the definitive study of both Hindley and the Moors Murders case. Lynda La Plante chose Somebody’s Mother, Somebody’s Daughter, Carol’s 2019 book on the victims and survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper, as her ‘Book of the Year’ in the Christmas edition of The Big Issue. The Murders at White House Farm, Carol’s 2015 book, was optioned for television by New Pictures, and aired on ITV1.

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