![]() ![]() 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. carries on every page Howes unique passion, wit, intelligence, and spirit. 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. Written with astonishing conviction and grace, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane travels seamlessly between the witch trials of the 1690s and a modern womans story of mystery, intrigue, and revelation. This is a chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America. Katherine Howe, the direct descendant of two accused Salem witches, is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel. New Books | Classics & Mythology | Occult ![]()
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