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The Witches Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

9780316200592

The Witches Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

  • ISBN 13:

    9780316200592

  • ISBN 10:

    031620059X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 09/20/2016
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books

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Summary

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 bestselling author of Cleopatra comes a rich historical account unpacking the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials and the inspiration for Broadway's John Proctor is the Villain starring Sadie Sink.

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 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.

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