The Daylight Gate

Author(s): Jeanette Winterson

Fiction

Can a man be maimed by witchcraft? Can a severed head speak? Based on the most notorious of English witch-trials, this is a tale of magic, superstition, conscience and ruthless murder. It is set in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined; when, following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, every Catholic conspirator fled to a wild and untamed place far from the reach of London law. This is Lancashire. This is Pendle. This is witch country.


Product Information

A new Hammer novel, and a Top Ten bestseller in hardcover. A tale of magic, superstition, conscience and ruthless murder, by one of the UK's most acclaimed literary writers.

"She is a master of her material, a writer in whom a great talent abides." - Muriel Spark, Vanity Fair

Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion and Sexing the Cherry; a book of short stories, The World and Other Places; a collection of essays, Art Objects, a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, as well as many other works, including children's books, screenplays and journalism. Her writing has won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the Prix d'argent at Cannes Film Festival. She lives in London and Gloucestershire.

General Fields

  • : 9780099561859
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : 0.567
  • : October 2012
  • : 222mm X 138mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jeanette Winterson
  • : Hardback
  • : 912
  • : 823.92
  • : 192