The Witch Hunter - Crowner John Mystery - Knight Bernard - 2004

370 pages. Covers have no creasing. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. 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? Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0743449894. ISBN/EAN: 9780743449892. Inventory No: 16060095. By: Knight Bernard Year: 2004 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: