· Book Review: 'The Penguin Book Of Witches,' edited by Katherine Howe | A new Penguin compendium of documents relating to three centuries of witch trials lays the blame on fractured communities and Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. THE PENGUIN BOOK OF WITCHES. 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 Conversion. From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in , to court documents from the Salem witch trials of , to newspaper coverage of a woman . · The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends.
The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine Howe offers "chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America." I was nothing short of delighted by this anthology of primary documents including letters, warrants, depositions, examinations, testimonies and other legal documents. New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe returns to the world of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane with a bewitching story of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse. Connie Goodwin is an expert on America's fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she's earned career success by studying the. Katherine Howe has explored the legend of the witch in her fiction before (The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Conversion), but in The Penguin Book of Witches, she draws from historical accounts.
About The Penguin Book of Witches. 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. Series: Penguin classics Contents: Machine generated contents note: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF WITCHES -- English Antecedents -- Witches in the Bible -- Trial of Ursula Kemp, St. Osyth, England, -- The Discouerie of Witchcraft, / Reginald Scot -- A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcraftes, / George Gifford -- Daemonologie, / King James I -- A Discourse of the Damned Art of. From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in , to court documents from the Salem witch trials of , 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.
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