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

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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem - Schiff, Stacy
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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. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly 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 ...

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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem 2016, Back Bay Books

ISBN-13: 9780316200592

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