HOW TO KILL A WITCH - A Guide For The Patriarchy

''Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.'' VAL MCDERMID, author of Past Lying

''As well as highly entertaining read, How To Kill A Witch is a tour de force of research, understanding and compassion.'' PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains.

''Serious and angry, but so completely accessible, How To Kill A Witch is a work of real historical investigation and a fierce warning for our times.''MALCOLM GASKILL, author of The Ruin Of All Witches

''At a time when women''s rights are once again being threatened across the globe, this book could not be a more timely read if it tried.'' SHIRLEY MANSON, Garbage

''Two of Scotland''s most vivid storytellers.'' THE TIMES

As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried a