Penguin Book of Witches
Author(s): Katherine Howe
This is a chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America. From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.454
- : 01 June 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 November 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Katherine Howe
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 320