Suffer a Witch

England, 1645. The country is torn apart by civil war, but in the mind of young Matthew Hopkins, a different fear grows. He knows the land is infected with evil, that womenthe servants of Satanare plotting against him. For seventeen-year-old Pippa Wylde, life's greatest concern is winning the heart of the local lord's son . . . and learning the ways of the "cunning-folk," the herbal remedies and spells taught to her by her aging mother. But when Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General, rides into their tiny hamlet, Pippa and her friends are swept into a nightmare hysteria. While loyalties are twisted and lives shattered by the massive scale of the witch hunt, Pippa finds herself in a personal battle for survival against Hopkins, a man both obsessed and dangerous. Based on a shocking true story, Suffer a Witch brings to life a killer lurking in the pages of historywhere the spiritual clash between a man and his inner monsters led to the deaths of nearly three hundred innocents. ** Review " Suffer a Witch is the best kind of historical novel: so vivid and compelling that it transports you right into 17th century England ... Morgana Gallaway has created a complex and emotional portrait, not only of these innocent women, but also of their accuser." -- Jillian Cantor, author of "The Transformation of Things" "Dark Age superstition lives on strong ... Suffer a Witch is a riveting novel of witchcraft, drawn from the unfortunate pages of history." -- Midwest Book Review From the Back Cover England, 1645. The country is torn apart by civil war, but in the mind of young Matthew Hopkins, a different fear grows. He knows the land is infected with evil, that women--the servants of Satan--are plotting against him. For seventeen-year-old Pippa Wylde, life's greatest concern is winning the heart of the local lord's son ... and learning the ways of the "cunning-folk", the herbal remedies and spells taught to her by her aging mother. But when Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General, rides into their tiny hamlet, Pippa and her friends are swept into a nightmare hysteria. While loyalties are twisted and lives shattered by the massive scale of the witch hunt, Pippa finds herself in a personal battle for survival against Hopkins, a man both obsessed and dangerous. Based on a shocking true story, Suffer a Witch brings to life a killer lurking in the pages of history--where the spiritual clash between a man and his inner monsters led to the deaths of nearly three hundred innocents. Decades before the Salem trials, a brutal witch craze sweeps England during the civil war of the 1640s. When young Puritan zealot Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General, meets the power of folk magic in spirited Pippa Wylde, the daughter of a village "cunning-woman," the two are swept into a battle for survival of body and soul. Inspired by the shocking true story of an event that led to the hanging deaths of hundreds of accused witches, Suffer a Witch brings to life a disturbed killer lurking in the pages of history.