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Seven women and two men were accused and hanged as witches. Daugthers of the witching hill is based on a true account of a witch hunt and trial in lancaster, england, in the early 1600s. Based on fact, and painstakingly researched, it tells the story of the pendle witch. Based on fact, and painstakingly researched, it tells the story of the pendle witch trials of 1612 through the firstperson account of bess southerns, a healer and cunning woman, and her granddaughter alizon. Bess southerns, an impoverished widow living in pendle forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman.
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