{"product_id":"witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-1","title":"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWitchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials\u003c\/h1\u003eMarion Gibson,Marion Gibson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 16 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781668002421\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1668002426\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"thought-provoking and timely\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"inventive and compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44069411749933,"sku":"WHS-0ed849fb2f6243c2b0a906132c1086e6","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c3c73832-42ea-49b5-a123-fa9426c824dc.jpg?v=1780522364","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}