Witch Wood

John Buchan

Language: English

Publisher: Birlinn, Limited

Published: Mar 22, 2018

Words: 117344
Pages: 659

Description:

Buchan's favourite of all his novels, Witch Wood deals with the hypocrisy that can lie beneath god-fearing respectability.

The book is set in the terrifying times of the first half of the seventeenth century when the Church of Scotland unleashed a wave of cruelty and intolerance. Minister Sempill witnesses devil worship in the 'Witch Wood' and is persecuted. It comes with an introduction by Allan Massie.