Suzanne Weyn brings her trademark mix of history, romance, and the supernatural to the Salem Witch Trials. Elsabeth James has powers she doesn't fully understand. She is descended from midwives, mind readers, and a fortune-teller who was put to death because she foresaw the death of Mary, Queen of
Deliverance From Evil: a Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
β Scribed by Frances Hill
- Book ID
- 110784935
- Publisher
- ABRAMS, Inc. (Ignition)
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781468300833
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β¦ Synopsis
Deliverance from Evil brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nation's history. Young girls in trances pointed out neighbors, leaders, relativesβover 150 people were arrested, with many hanged for their supposed sins. Frances Hill, author of A Delusion of Satan, brings her deep historical and political understanding together with her honed skills as a novelist to produce a picture of the trials both realistic and emotional. She has written an extraordinary and gripping novel of hysteria, power plays, and love in colonial America.
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