But Butterworth's England is also soaked in the fiery poetry of myths of revolt - "and behind them bay the devil's army, and we are numberless".

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Sometimes, the Devil was Death, who waited for you at a crossroads or behind some door you had been repeatedly warned against opening.

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The steep-faced cliff looming behind Jericho is where Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was then tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1-11).

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