Books by Stacy Schiff
The Witches: Salem, 1692
by Stacy Schiff
This 2015 book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacey Schiff is the most recent major publication on the subject of the Salem Witch Trials. To produce it, Schiff delved deep into the archives and reconstructs events as closely as possible, bringing a fresh eye and compelling writing style. "Her research is impeccable;" declared the New York Review of Books, "no previous writer has scoured the documentary record to such great depth. Moreover, she has mastered the entire history of early New England.... This enables her to provide deep, richly textured background for specific moments and situations." At once a painstakingly detailed history and a thrilling narrative, The Witches: Salem, 1692 offers the obvious place to start for the interested general reader.
Interviews where books by Stacy Schiff were recommended
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
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A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
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Witchcraft at Salem
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The Crucible
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt
ed. Bernard Rosenthal
Books About the Salem Witch Trials
Books About the Salem Witch Trials
In 1692-3 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, a widespread moral panic resulted in nearly 200 residents being accused of practicing witchcraft. In the end, 20 of them were executed. Since then, the name Salem has been associated with paranoia, betrayal and religious extremism, and the Salem Witch Trials have served as the inspiration for many books, both fiction and nonfiction.
