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Witch Wood follows Reverend David Sempill, a moderate Presbyterian minister, as he confronts the religious extremism of his era and the lingering devastation of Montrose’s civil war in seventeenth‑century Scotland. Amid the encroaching plague, Sempill ventures into the enigmatic Melanudrigall Wood, a lone vestige of the ancient Caledonian forest. There he encounters both sinister black magic and remnants of pre‑Christian nature worship. The novel intertwines historical backdrop, theological debate, and supernatural intrigue to portray a complex struggle for faith, identity, and survival in a turbulent period.
First publish date: 1927
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: John Buchan
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