A witches brew of new SA fiction
New reads by one of SA’s finest writers, Mark Winkler, debut novelist Onke Mazibuko and writer and professor Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
25 August 2022 - 05:06
The history of Bury St Edmunds, a town in Suffolk, England, took a dark turn between 1599 and 1694 when it became the site of the deadliest witch-hunt in British history.
As the witch-hunting craze swept through Europe and America, 17th century East Anglia witnessed the rise of a dangerous figure. Matthew Hopkins, also known as the Witchfinder General, made it his full-time job to seek out witches and take a payment for their discovery...
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