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Penguin Classics
October 2014
On Sale: September 30, 2014
320 pages
ISBN: 014310618X
EAN: 9780143106180
Kindle: B00KB5BVPC
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Paranormal Historical
Chilling 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.
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