The Wax Child

An astounding, haunting tale of accused witches—a book of sorcery itself—from the celebrated author of The Employees and My Work: now in paperback

In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who comes to them as a tall headless man and gives them dark powers: they steal happiness, perform unchristian acts, and cause pestilence or even death. The women are all in da...