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‘Betwixt God and the Devil’ by Richard Ward
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‘Betwixt God and the Devil’ by Richard Ward

Betwixt God and the Devil writer, Richard Ward, is certainly bewitched by the narrative spell of the muse throughout this book, fashioning a wonderful arch that elucidates the history of magic and witchcraft in the English county of Essex. Indeed, as the subtitle suggests, the book’s contents delve recommendably deep into Essex folk magic from the sixteenth century to the present day.

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