The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem by Stacy Schiff

The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

Stacy Schiff

496 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. ...

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