Autor Malcolm Gaskill

'Learned, empathetic and immensely enjoyable' Tom Holland'Every page is illuminating' Philippa Gregory'Gaskill lifts the veil between past and present better than anyone I know' Lucy WorsleyThe supernatural has always been part of human experience. Divine…

Malcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph’s wartime adventures: he’d been a prisoner in Italy, and he’d cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork. Apart from that, he’d faded into family folklore, lost to view. Until, one hot…

The bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches returns with a gripping, vividly told journey into his family's wartime pastMalcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph’s wartime adventures: he’d been a prisoner in Italy, and he’d cut…

'The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing ... thought-provoking and absorbing' Hilary MantelThe dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of WitchfindersIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things…

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE* *A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times 'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC History In the frontier town of Springfield…