The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Malcolm Gaskill

336 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative reflective medium-paced
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The dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of Witchfinders.In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and...

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informative 91%
dark 54%
reflective 41%
sad 28%
challenging 22%
mysterious 22%
tense 17%
emotional 12%
adventurous 4%

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medium 46%
fast 2%

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