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Author_Malcolm Gaskill
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First World War
forthcoming
ghosts
Halloween
London Review of Books
occult
seances
supernatural
The Ruin of All Witches
witch-trials
witchcraft books
Product details
- ISBN 9781805229391
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Every page is illuminating' Philippa Gregory
'Gaskill lifts the veil between past and present better than anyone I know' Lucy Worsley
Praise for Malcolm Gaskill:
'The best and most enjoyable history writing ... Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place ... Thought-provoking and absorbing' Hilary Mantel
The supernatural has always been part of human experience. Divine and diabolical forces were as dangerous and mundane as rotten harvests and sweeping sicknesses. Miracles abounded. During the First World War, soldiers put faith in visions and protective charms, and Spiritualists were still believed to reach beyond the veil. When we understand the supernatural as a feeling, not an idea, we can grasp the truth behind our ancestors' fears and passions.
In this thought-provoking book, Gaskill examines our haunted past from alchemical dens to witchcraft trials, and in uncanny encounters with mediums, vampires and flying nuns. Searching hearts as well as minds, he unlocks the secrets of the unseen world, opening a new perspective on the magical and marvellous.
Malcolm Gaskill is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at UEA, and the author of Hellish Nell, Witchfinders, The Glass Mountain and the Sunday Times-bestselling The Ruin of All Witches. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
