The Glass Mountain

Praise for The Ruin of All Witches * - *A bona fide historical classic… recreating a brooding, dangerous landscape with supreme imagination and wisdom – Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times, History Book of the Year *Unforgettable … one of those rare history books that haunts you long after you have turned the last page * Sunday Times *History at its finest… a perfectly rendered story of greed and paranoia – Gerard DeGroot * The Times, Books of the Year *Simply one of the best history books I have ever read… a thrilling narrative – Suzannah Lipscomb * BBC History, Books of the Year *As compelling as a campfire story… deeply atmospheric – Erica Wagner * Financial Times *Filmic vividness… Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms, and the result is thought-provoking and absorbing – Hilary Mantel

Malcolm Gaskill taught history at British universities for nearly thirty years, where he developed an interest in mentalities, emotions and inner lives. Since leaving academia in 2020 to become a full-time writer, he has spent much of his time thinking about war and memory and different ways of engaging with the past. He is the author of six books, including Hellish Nell and The Ruin of All Witches, a Sunday Times bestseller, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Wolfson History Prize. He writes regularly for the London Review of Books, and lives with his family in Cambridge.