The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

by Malcolm Gaskill

Book Overview

A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.

"The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place...Thought-provoking and absorbing. --Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall

In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593316576
• ISBN13: 9780593316573
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"