The Witches
Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · September 20, 2016
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the #1 national bestseller Cleopatra unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid account of Salem’s panic, built for close reading and classroom use.
- Genres
- Colonial America (to 1775), New England History, Women's History
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, September 20, 2016
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the #1 national bestseller Cleopatra 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.
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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.
Salem’s Dark Turn
A vivid account of Salem’s panic, built for close reading and classroom use.
Come here for
- Suspicion, betrayal, and hysteria in Salem
- History with a sharp, readable pulse
Expect
- 17th-century New England context
- A sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| Colonial America (to 1775) | 79% |
|---|---|
| Women's History | 43% |
| New England History | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Colonial America (to 1775)
- New England History
- Authors
- Stacy Schiff
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in History