| Witch Wood | |
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1st edition dust jacket |
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| Author(s) | John Buchan |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | NA |
Witch Wood is a 1927 novel written by the Scottish author and politician John Buchan. Set in the 17th century, it revolves around a group of witches, and according to the historian Ronald Hutton, was based upon the Witch-cult hypothesis of the anthropologist Margaret Murray.[1] It was subsequently adapted into a 4-part BBC television series in 1964.[2]
In the The Prisoner episode The Girl Who Was Death, Number Six is lured to a strange town which is apparently called "Witch Wood".