{"product_id":"penguin-book-of-witches-the","title":"Penguin Book of Witches, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eHowe, Katherine, ed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEW title\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eChilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America, compiled by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Daughters of Temperance Hobbs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federal Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44285760602177,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/5400\/0961\/files\/9780143106180_41b96.jpg?v=1785642942","url":"https:\/\/aralantle.store\/products\/penguin-book-of-witches-the","provider":"Aralantle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}