Witchcraft Books from the UK & Ireland

Explore books about witchcraft in the UK and Ireland, including witch trials, accusations, folk magic, historical belief and supernatural tradition. The collection ranges from local histories to wider studies of witchcraft and its place in British and Irish culture.

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Magic: A Very Short Introduction

Owen Davies

Owen Davies examines magic as both an idea and a practice, tracing how it has been defined, debated and used across cultures and historical periods. The book considers supernatural belief, religious miracles, illusion, superstition and…

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Magick

Thomas Waters

Historian Thomas Waters surveys the many forms of magic that have coexisted in Britain and beyond, from everyday charms and local cunning folk to ceremonial magic, political ritual and modern occult practice. The book is…

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Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard

Owen Davies

Owen Davies examines the 1856 poisoning case of William Dove, a young tenant farmer who was tried and executed for murdering his wife, Harriet. The book follows Dove’s association with Henry Harrison, the so-called Leeds…

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Mysteries of Portsmouth

Matt Wingett

Portsmouth’s reported ghosts, UFO sightings, witchcraft stories and older legends are brought together in this illustrated local history. Matt Wingett considers newspaper accounts and inherited tales involving figures such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Helen…

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Mysterious Northumberland

Rupert Matthews

Mysterious Northumberland gathers reports, traditions and stories linked to the county’s supernatural and unexplained lore. Rupert Matthews covers ghosts, witchcraft, big-cat sightings, folklore and accounts of the little people, arranging the material by subject while…

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