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Read By: Billie Fulford-Brown Publisher: Harlequin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2019 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781488205729

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

29

Longest Chapter Length:

43:03 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

20:09 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch. But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.

Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill’s Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this pregnancy.

Devastated, Fleetwood wanders the estate grounds, where she catches a young woman poaching. Alice Gray claims she is a local midwife and promises to help Fleetwood deliver a healthy baby. But a witch-obsessed frenzy sweeps the countryside. Even woodland creatures or “familiars” are thought to be dark companions of the unholy. And Alice soon stands accused of witchcraft.

Time is running out. The witch trials are about to begin. With both their lives at stake, Fleetwood must prove Alice’s innocence. Only they know the truth.

Set against the backdrop of the real Pendle witch trials, this compelling novel draws its characters from historical figures as it explores the lives of seventeenth-century women. Ultimately it raises the question: Was witch hunting really just women hunting?

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“[Halls’] main strength lies in her depiction of the difficulties of life for women in this time and place, where pregnancy and childbirth posed a real threat to life and acting in socially inappropriate ways could get one condemned to hanging.”

— Kirkus Reviews

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  • “A beautiful tale of women…witchcraft and the fight against power.”

    — Jessie Burton, New York Times bestselling author
  • “Halls’ winning novel is a quietly powerful and richly evocative tale.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • “Rich with intrigue…The Familiars offers a look into the real-life world of the notorious Pendle witch trials that ended with eleven executions.”

    — Booklist

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Deborah, 10/23/2022

About Stacey Halls

Stacey Halls was born in 1989 and grew up in Lancashire, England. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and has worked as a journalist since the age of 21, writing for publications including The Independent, Fabulous magazine, Stylist and Psychologies. She lives in London with her husband.

About Billie Fulford-Brown

Billie Fulford-Brown is a London-based actress, voice-over artist, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator.