The Penguin Book of Witches
$23.16
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2014
Summary
Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America
A Penguin Classic
Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America, compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106180 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014310618X |
| Author: | Katherine Howe |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
This comprehensive collection of carefully selected documents and published primary materials, coupled with judicious and informative introductions, will help modern readers understand the seemingly inexplicable and persistent popular phenomenon of belief in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into more modern times – Mary Beth Norton (author of In the Devil’s Snare)
Fascinating and insightful. With her usual skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding path leading to Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A must-read for anyone who wants to know not only what happened but also how and why – Brunonia Barry (author of The Lace Reader)
Katherine Howe
Katherine Howe is a bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist. She is a direct descendant of a nineteenth-century sailor who battled pirates on the high seas, as well as three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem.
Howe is the editor of The Penguin Book of Pirates and The Penguin Book of Witches. She is the author of the novels A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs. Her New York Times bestselling novels include The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass. She also authored the young adult novels Conversion and The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen.
Additionally, Howe is the coauthor with Anderson Cooper of the New York Times bestsellers Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty and Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune.
A native Houstonian, she lives and sails with her family in New England.
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