Madame Tussaud

05 Monday Sep 2011

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction, History

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For Books' Sake, French Revolution, Madame Tussaud, Marie Antoinette, Michelle Moran

My review of Michelle Moran’s latest historical novel – set against the backdrop of revolutionary France – is published today at For Books’ Sake

The Pendle Witch Child

19 Friday Aug 2011

Posted by marina72 in History, Television, Witchcraft

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Child Witnesses, Documentaries, Early Modern History, Jennet Device, Lancashire Witches, Pendle Witches, Phoebe Boswell, Simon Armitage, The Pendle Witch Child, Witchcraft

Simon Armitage – one of Britain’s leading poets – was born in West Yorkshire. Like many local children, he would have been raised on stories of the Pendle Witches in nearby Lancashire.

A grimly intoxicating blend of history, crime and folklore is richly evoked in Armitage’s new BBC Four documentary, The Pendle Witch Child. Next year marks the fourth centenary of the notorious 1612 trial, the largest of its kind in England at the time. Continue reading →