Witchfinder General
Ronald Bassett’s vivid, gripping novel chronicles the adventures of Matthew Hopkins, self-appointed Witchfinder General.
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“…all the country’s energies were directed towards the prosecution of a religious war. It was a situation that Matthew Hopkins intended to exploit to the full. He had already tasted blood, gained respect and lined his pockets. He was hungry for more.”
While the country is in the grip of civil war, Matthew Hopkins seeks out the servants of Satan, tearing through the Eastern Counties on a bloody rampage of lust and torture, delivering the country from evil through the zealous trials and hangings of the helpless, the poor and the pretty in exchange for a small fee.
Based on an historical figure, this horrifying tale of greed and slaughter was adapted into the famous 1968 Tigon British film starring Vincent Price.
‘A catalogue of horror’ Eastern Daily Press
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