In 1645 alice is forced to return from london to the small essex town of manningtree to her brother matthews house, after the death of her husband. Her first novel, the witchfinders sister, is based on the life of the 1640s witchfinder. She studied at the university of york and then the university of manchester, where she is now a lecturer in creative writing. Paula hawkins, author of the girl on the train and into the water connects nicely with such dystopian classics as 1984 and the handmaids tale. The witch finders sister by beth underdown is published by viking. Beth underdown is a graduate of the university of manchester s creative writing ma, and she now teaches other aspiring writers.
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