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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
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by Stacy Schiff

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the #1 national bestseller Cleopatra unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.

"The Witches is the fullest and finest story ever told about Salem in 1692, and no one else could tell it with the otherworldly flair of Stacy Schiff." ―Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Quartet

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.

"Once again Stacy Schiff dazzles us. The Witches is a must read for anyone intrigued by this baffling and horrifying chapter from America's Puritan past. What Schiff uncovers is mesmerizing and shocking. Her meticulous research and lyrical writing lay bare an injustice that we should never forget-lest we repeat it." ―Patricia Cornwell, author of True Crime and the Scarpetta novels

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  • Title The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
  • Author Stacy Schiff
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Paperbacks, New York
  • Publication date 2016-09-20
  • ISBN 9780316200592 / 031620059X
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.4 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Dewey Decimal Code 345.744

About the author

Stacy Schiff is the author of Vra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of the George Washington Book Prize and the Ambassador Book Award; Cleopatra: A Life, winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for biography; and The Witches: Salem, 1692.

Schiff has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and named a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French Government, she lives in New York City.

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