The witches : Salem, 1692

Summary: 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. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an 80-year-old man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic.As psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, THE WITCHES is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story-the first great American mystery unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316200615
ISBN: 0316200611
ISBN: 9780316365819
ISBN: 0316365815
ISBN: 9780316200608
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource : illustrations
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cast of characters -- The diseases of astonishment -- That old deluder -- The working of wonders -- One of you is a devil -- The wizard -- A suburb of hell -- Now they say there is above seven hundred in all -- In these hellish meetings -- Our case is extraordinary -- Published to prevent false reports -- That dark and mysterious season -- A long train of miserable consequences.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed November 2, 2015).