Witchcraft – A Ladybird Expert Book

There was a witch in my life as a teenager, she taught English, brought the three witches in Macbeth to life, and was even more shocked when I did pass my O levels in English and English Literature! Where Suzannah Lipscomb in this Ladybird Expert book has mentioned those mentioned those in fiction (there always is a sensible grown-up).

Across the fifty pages of this wonderful little book, with its brilliant illustrations it is so engrossing, and as it is not my area of history, very informative. Dr Lipscomb breaks down some of the myths of witches in earlier times. Yes, ducking stools do get a mention, but you will have to find out whether they were a myth. Was Dan Brown correct in the Da Vinci Code?

Throughout history witches have made an appearance when people are trying to define wrong doing or did not understand science as we know it today. The height of the fear of witches usually correlated at times of poor harvests, plague and war. This book teaches you or reminds you of something on every page.

A book with fifty pages on which you can learn something new, well that would be the Ladybird expert books. The one on Witchcraft is very informative, written by a leading historian, Suzannah Lipscomb knows how to get the facts across without boring the tears off you, and makes this such an interesting and fun read. ( )