- Trials (Witchcraft), History, Witchcraft, Women
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.
Trials (Witchcraft)HistoryWitchcraftWomenSalem (mass.), historyMassachusetts, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Witchcraft, massachusettsTrials (Witchcraft) $z Massachusetts $z Salem $y 17th centuryWitchcraft $z Massachusetts $z Salem $x History $y 17th centuryWomen $z Massachusetts $z Salem $x History $y 17th centuryNew York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewed
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Stacy Schiff
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio, Little Brown & Company, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- ISBN
- 9781478908241
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Subjects
- Trials (Witchcraft)
- History
- Witchcraft
- Women
- Salem (mass.), history
- Massachusetts, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Witchcraft, massachusetts
- Trials (Witchcraft) $z Massachusetts $z Salem $y 17th century
- Witchcraft $z Massachusetts $z Salem $x History $y 17th century
- Women $z Massachusetts $z Salem $x History $y 17th century
- New York Times bestseller
- New York Times reviewed
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