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Witchcraft

A History in Thirteen Trials

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Witchcraft

By: Marion Gibson
Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
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National Bestseller
A New Yorker Best Book of 2024

A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.

This “inventive and compelling” (The Times Literary Supplement, London) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: on Vardø island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country’s last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance.

Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, Witchcraft is a “well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history” (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history. Witches & Wizards Women Scary Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts
Well-researched History • Clear Thesis • Engaging Historical Anthology • Informative Chronology • Enlightening Connections

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Well-researched and read extremely well. This book looks at specific witch trials and why/how they occurred. We get to know much more about the witches and the witch hunters than most books provide. The book ends with the present day, which was a surprise to me, but presented well. A fine history.

Fascinating history

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well read. fascinating. definitely worth the credit. such a great book. they didn't burn witches. they burned women.

7 Centuries or More!

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Incredible knowledge of a history that needs to be studied and discussed more. Great work!!!

Writing was fabulous!

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Great historical dive into the history of witchcraft and witch trials from the view of the hunted from early to modern times across the world.

Great narration. Great historical research. Great new perspective.

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The thirteen trials provided details and perspectives not found in traditional historical accounts. The author made clear connections between past and present along the way so the themes carried through nicely. The last two trials were shocking and revelatory! Satisfying and startlingly relevant account of how culture impacts human nature and can turn on itself without us even noticing.

Clever and Current

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