'The Enemy Within' chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world and shows how the fear of witchcraft has fuelled recurrent cycles of accusation, persecution and purging.

Alice Samuel might be old and sharp-tongued, but she's no fool. Visiting her new neighbours in her Fenland village, she suspects Squire Throckmorton's household is not as God-fearing as it seems and finds the children troubled. What she cannot foresee is that all five daughters will succumb in turn to a terrifying affliction and accuse her of witchcraft - who else to blame than an ugly, black-capped woman with mysterious healing skills? The Throckmortons'...

This volume explores the fear, drama and paranoia of the volatile 17th century trial of the Pendle Witches. They were reputed to be part of a dense network of devilry, that revealed itself as much in the hidden celebration of Mass as in malevolent magic.