The Yorkshire Witch: The Life & Trial of Mary Bateman

"A fascinating tale of witchcraft and skulduggery in darkest Yorkshire in the early 19th century. . . . An extraordinary story, brilliantly told." —Books Monthly

On the morning of March 20, 1809, the woman who had earned herself the title of "The Yorkshire Witch" was hanged at York's New Drop gallows before an estimated crowd of twenty thousand people—many of them victims of her hoaxes and extortion.

A consummate con artist, Mary Bateman was adept at identifying the psychological weakn...