简介
17世纪的时候英格兰有许多人相信巫术巫师可能是一个老太婆或是一个年轻女子有时甚至会是一个成年男子或小男孩不过巫师通常都是女人人们都害怕巫师因为巫师仅凭一句诅咒就能使人丧命1612年在兰开夏郡的潘德尔山附近住着一个名叫詹妮特迪瓦斯的小女孩那时她刚9岁因家里穷时常饿肚子长得很瘦弱她缺衣少鞋有时一连几天吃不上饭生活对于她来说十分艰难詹妮特的外祖母老德姆代克是一个巫师她的母亲伊丽莎白和她的姐姐艾丽森也都是巫师就连她可怜兮兮傻头傻脑的哥哥詹姆斯也是巫师……不管怎样村民们是这样认为的本书以女主人公詹妮特的口吻来讲述她一家人的故事故事从1634年讲起当时詹妮特被关押在兰开斯特城堡监狱里……
作者罗伊娜艾金耶米是英国人曾在非洲生活多年现在在剑桥市工作生活她的这一有关潘德尔巫师的故事取材于发生在兰开夏郡的真实事件
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