Table of Contents

Introduction

1. An inauspicious start in life

2. A wizard's business

3. Poisonous relations

4. Dove in the dock

5. Bad or mad?

6. Fate

7. Hunting Harrison down

Epilogue

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About the Author

Owen Davies is a lecturer in History, University of Hertfordshire. His many publications include, Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History (2003) Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736-1951 (1999) and A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset (1999).  He has also written numerous articles on the same subject in various history and folklore journals.

Reviews

" told with a skill that genuinely seizes and holds the attention It represents a remarkable achievement of energy and imagination for a relatively short span of research. In sum, it combines some of the best skills of the storyteller and the analytical historian." "Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol." 'Davies has uncovered and assiduously researched a wonderful story...' '...a book that acts both as a valuable piece of social history and as a biographical insight into two forgotten but utterly intriguing mid-Victorian lives.' "David McAllister, The Times Literary Supplement, No 5367, February 10, 2006"