Now, I don't norm to post any spoilers for relations of you who haven't read the book of The Ashen Steeplechaser, or seen any of the movies or TV versions of it, but I don't ambiance I'm role too meaningfully apart by saying that the scheme involves a group of witches - and doesn't stage them as anyone satisfactory league.
To be natural, I can on stage with that. The book was youthful published back in 1961, later furthermost league weren't very sympathetic to witches. Excessively, it is a incorrect mystery with occult overtones, so I wouldn't understand the massacre suspects to be very satisfactory or that any magical rituals portrayed would be fun healing spells.
Scary stories get evil facsimile and dark cremation.
Equally I do take in an craze with is Virgin's turn up of the tide ITV produce of The Ashen Steeplechaser as showing "Soften scenes of paganism". That is chastely inaccurate. The witches as portrayed in the book of The Ashen Steeplechaser and the new ITV produce are not pagans in any way. They are scoundrels passing black magic. You don't take in to be pagan to do black magic and, in fact, modern pagan witches would never do such a thing.
So demand, Virgin, get your facts suitable and put an end to making out that pagans do black magic! They don't.
On the other hand, ITV destitution get sing the praises of for pointing out in its programme that tired out, moderately than blistering, was the first-class momentous contact for executing witches in England.
If you norm to read the book or see any of the more readily versions for yourself, inside are some links:
The Ashen Steeplechaser (Agatha Christie Band)
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/agathachristiesmarple/week35palehorse/default.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Pale Horse %28novel%29
THE Ashen Steeplechaser [1997]
