Wolf Trial by Neil Mackay

Wolf Trial by Neil Mackay

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Wolf Trial by Neil Mackay

Inspired by an extraordinary true case--the first-ever documented account of a serial killer in world history. In the second half of the 16th century, Paulus Melchior, lawyer, academic and enlightened rationalist, travels with his young assistant, Willy Lessinger, to the isolated German town of Bideburg where local landowner, Peter Stumpf, is accused of brutally murdering dozens of people. A society still trapped in a medieval mindset, the townsfolk clamor for the killer to be tried as a werewolf. If their demands are met his blameless wife and children will also be executed in the most barbaric way imaginable as agents of Satan and creatures contaminated by wolf blood. Paulus and Willy must fight superstition, the cruelty of those who fear what they don't understand, and a zealous church determined to retain its grip on the souls of Bideburg, in this compelling, utterly unforgettable, shocking tour de force.
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ISBN 13 9781910449721
ISBN 10 1910449725
Title Wolf Trial
Author Neil Mackay
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Freight Books
Year published 2016-03-31
Number of pages 352
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