The Weem Witch
The true horror of the Pittenweem witches
1704: In a Scottish coastal village fallen on hard times, a dispute between neighbours mixes with superstition. A young blacksmith finds a suspicious package at his door and soon falls ill — the victim of a witch’s spell it is said. Soon the town is torn apart by ambitious demagogues and mob violence, dragging innocent women and men in to a cyclone of repression and death.
Discover how forces ranging from local jealousies to international politics combined to create this frightful case, which helped lead to the repeal of the unjust witch laws, but not before many were caught up in the terror.
This new edition of the book updates the story with a look at the places involved today, and adds events and discoveries occurring since its first publication.
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