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There Came a Contagion

By: Doug Ingold
Narrated by: Lee Rush
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Inspired by events that took place near Trier, Germany late in the 16th century, this novel tells the story of the Helgen family, three brothers respected in their village as skilled and resourceful farmers. With their widowed mother, their wives and children, they build a stable if difficult life together raising rye, barley and swine.

But, when the weather turns erratic and harvests begin to fail, a scapegoat is sought. Jews are banished from the territory as are the followers of Luther and Calvin. The Archbishop then discovers a pestilence of witches: people believed to have forsaken God and sworn allegiance to the Devil. Elsebett Helgen, a midwife and herbal healer, is 20 when the Archbishop’s men arrive in the village.

©2021 Douglas A. Ingold (P)2022 Douglas A. Ingold
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Witchcraft Village

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