Testament of a Witch
Published on 22. July 2013
256 pages
978-1-909912-29-8 (ISBN)
Description
Set in the 17th century against the backdrop of political and religious con-flict, the second of Watt’s John MacKenzie series is as historically rich and gripping as the last. MacKenzie investigates the murder of a woman accused of witchcraft and he must act quickly when the same accusations are made against the woman’s daughter. Superstition clashes with reason as Scotland moves towards the Enlightenment. The 1600s are expertly recreated with a strong sense of history and place.
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- List of Main Characters
- PRELUDE - A Sermon on Witchcraft
- CHAPTER 1 - Lammer Law
- CHAPTER 2 - A Round on Leith Links
- CHAPTER 3 - The Devil's Pool
- CHAPTER 4 - A Letter in the Library
- CHAPTER 5 - Death on the Castle Hill
- CHAPTER 6 - A Portrait of Lady Girnington
- CHAPTER 7 - Coffee in Edinburgh
- CHAPTER 8 - An Evening by the Fireside
- CHAPTER 9 - Spiritual Exercises
- CHAPTER 10 - A Meal in Musselburgh
- CHAPTER 11 - The Burial of a Gentlewoman
- CHAPTER 12 - The Delation of Margaret Rammage
- CHAPTER 13 - A Conversation with Janet Cornfoot
- CHAPTER 14 - Lammersheugh House
- CHAPTER 15 - A Cottage in the Woods
- CHAPTER 16 - Sackcloth
- CHAPTER 17 - A Stranger on the Road
- CHAPTER 18 - The Latterwill of Lady Lammersheugh
- CHAPTER 19 - The Pricking of Euphame Hay
- CHAPTER 20 - The Devil's Footprints
- CHAPTER 21 - The Dreams of Euphame Hay
- CHAPTER 22 - A Reception at Girnington House
- CHAPTER 23 - A Meeting with the Colonel
- CHAPTER 24 - The Wake of Janet Cornfoot
- CHAPTER 25 - The Library of Lammersheugh
- CHAPTER 26 - The Steeple
- CHAPTER 27 - A Visit to the Manse
- CHAPTER 28 - A Few Hours in Haddington
- CHAPTER 29 - Redemption of a Debt
- CHAPTER 30 - A Wax Painting
- CHAPTER 31 - A Glass in the Bell
- CHAPTER 32 - A Last Drink
- CHAPTER 33 - A Conversation with Archibald Muschet
- CHAPTER 34 - The Hovel of a Witch
- CHAPTER 35 - Questions for Mr Cant
- CHAPTER 36 - A Walk Through the Graveyard
- CHAPTER 37 - Clachdean Castle
- CHAPTER 38 - The Edinburgh Tolbooth
- CHAPTER 39 - The Cellars of Clachdean
- CHAPTER 40 - A Conversation with Theophilus Rankine
- CHAPTER 41 - Clem Bell's Midden
- CHAPTER 42 - The Sleep of Euphame Hay
- CHAPTER 43 - A Picture of Grissell Hay
- CHAPTER 44 - An Uncomfortable Night
- CHAPTER 45 - A Sister's Love
- CHAPTER 46 - Letters from Edinburgh
- CHAPTER 47 - The Prayers of Theophilus Rankine
- CHAPTER 48 - A Letter for Davie Scougall
- CHAPTER 49 - An Interview with George Cockburn
- CHAPTER 50 - The Confession of Euphame Hay
- CHAPTER 51 - A Conversation at Woodlawheid
- CHAPTER 52 - The Devil's Machine
- CHAPTER 53 - All Hallow's Eve
- CHAPTER 54 - A Warlock in the Steeple
- CHAPTER 55 - A Discovery on the Road
- CHAPTER 56 - The Genealogy of Girnington
- CHAPTER 57 - Back in the Library
- CHAPTER 58 - A Discovery in the Cottage
- CHAPTER 59 - The Testament of Grissell Hay
- CHAPTER 60 - A Final Thread
- POSTSCRIPT - A Visit from Euphame Hay
- HISTORICAL NOTE - The Scottish Witch-hunt
