Broschiertes Buch

The Penguin Book of Witches

Beschreibung

From 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, this title offers a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches.

Autor

Katherine Howe, the direct descendant of two accused Salem witches, is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. She teaches American colonial history and creative writing at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Publishing Group
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 136mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780143106180
• ISBN-10: 014310618X
• Artikelnr.: 40704920