The Witches (Paperback) Published March 10th by Hammer. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Peter Curtis (Pseudonym), Norah Lofts. ISBN: . · The Witches by Peter Curtis | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 11% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 11%. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. WANT A NOOK?Pages: The Witches - Ebook written by Peter Curtis. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or .
The Witches () is one of Hammer's lesser-known productions. Lacking the Gothic trappings most commonly associated with the studio's horror output, it was designed as a star vehicle for Joan Fontaine (an Oscar-winner for her performance in Hitchcock's Rebecca over a quarter of a century earlier), who had acquired the rights to film a novel called The Devil's Own by Peter Curtis, a. The Witches has become the default title of Peter Curtis's occult novel, due to the Hammer adaptation. It was originally The Devil's Own, however, and later became The Little Wax Doll, published under the author's real name of Norah Lofts. This latest edition comes from Hammer itself, as one of a number of reprints and new novelizations designed to cash in on the rebirth of the. First up, we have The Witches by Peter Curtis, first published in Now, The Witches was the name given to the novel on the release of the film in , it had the original title of The Devil's Own. In , Corgi published it with the title of The Little Wax Doll.
The Witches by Peter Curtis | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ $ Save 11% Current price is $, Original price is $ You Save 11%. THE WITCHES is a horror novel that was originally published in and tells the story of a school mistress (Miss Mayfield) who goes to teach in a small town in Kent, where things are not quite as they seem. The story is written by Peter Curtis, who isn’t fact a man, but a pseudonym for Norah Lofts. Miss Mayfield, a schoolteacher recently returned from Africa, takes up a post in Walwyk, a remote Essex village where nothing is quite as it seems. From the outset, Miss Mayfield gets caught up in her concern for Ethel, a local girl who is evidently abused by her Granny Rigby. Miss Mayfield's interference uncovers strange goings on, and mysterious deaths, and ultimately results in a mishap.
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