Here is a lively and immersive global history of witchcraft which shows its evolution from the Middle Ages to the present day and shines a light on the stories of the victims, told in thirteen trials.

In 1856 William Dove poisoned his wife, was tried & executed. Believing a fortune teller's prediction that he would remarry a more attractive & richer woman, Dove made a pact with the devil, hired men to perform magic & then murdered his wife. This title probes into the supernatural goings on that led to the murder.

In 1944, Helen Duncan was charged with witchcraft under the 1735 Witchcraft Act and was jailed for the duration of World War II. 'Hellish Nell' was first published in 2001 to widespread acclaim. It remains, in this revised edition, a fascinating window into the unsettled spiritual and psychological mood of the times: a sensational tale of spectacle, credulity and cruelty, and of Britain's last witch.