Author Syd
Moore visited the Museum this week to research her latest novel, which is about
the famous Essex witch Ursley Kempe.
She
generously donated copies of her two previous books, Witch Hunt and The Drowning
Pool, to the Museum library. One is about the Matthew Hopkins witch hunts,
and the other about a 19th century Essex fortune teller who was persecuted
by her community.
It is
always fascinating to exchange ideas with writers, and always a delight to meet
one who is passionate about research and doing justice to the subject of
witchcraft. Syd was very enthusiastic about the Museum’s collection, and particularly
interested in Cecil Williamson’s vivid account of how he dug up Ursley Kempe’s
skeleton at St Osyth.
We wish her
well with her book, and are sure it will be an excellent read.
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