This is the story of Nell who lives with her grandmother, the local cunning woman and healer, in a west country village in the seventeenth century. When one of the minister's daughters falls pregnant, she and her sister attempt to conceal it by accusing Nell of putting a curse on them. The witchfinder general, Matthew Hopkins, is called in and in an atmosphere of fear, the local villagers turn nasty and Nell's grandmother falls victim to their hatred. Nell is all alone, and in great danger.
- ISBN10 0192791575
- ISBN13 9780192791573
- Publish Date 3 February 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English