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  • The Ruin of All Witches

    Life and Death in the New World

    **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 ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Worlds of Fear and Wonder

    Living with the Supernatural, Past and Present

    Haunting stories of our enduring emotional ties to the supernatural, from medieval ghosts and early modern witches to twentieth-century mediums and contemporary horror.The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained ... Read more

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  • Between Two Worlds

    How the English Became Americans

    In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants -- entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike -- faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill ... Read more

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  • Hellish Nell

    Last of Britain's Witches

    One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.Helen Duncan - known since childhood as 'Hellish Nell', for her uncontainable nature - was one of the most popular mediums of the twentieth century, holding seances around the country where she was believed to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Witchfinders

    'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history . . . fascinating' Independent on Sunday**'A terrible tale marvellously told . . . This is how history should be shown' Ronald BlytheBy the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Witchfinders

    A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy

    By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst. ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch-hunting as a feature of pre-modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Worlds of Fear and Wonder

    Living with the Supernatural, Past and Present

    Narrated by Nick Holbeck ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 26 min

    The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained charged with divine and diabolic forces, but so was the mundane, where witches and conjurers, rotten harvests, and sweeping sicknesses lurked. During the First World War, ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    Witchcraft

    A Very Short Introduction

    Narrated by Victor Bevine ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is—or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch-hunting as a feature of pre-modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Ruin of All Witches

    Life and Death in the New World

    Narrated by Kristin Atherton ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    **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 ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Hellish Nell

    Last of Britain's Witches

    Narrated by Catherine Bailey ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 45 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.Helen Duncan - known since childhood as 'Hellish Nell', for her uncontainable nature - was one of the most popular mediums of the twentieth century, holding seances around the country ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

  • Remaking English Society

    Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England

    A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and social change in early modern England. Collectively, the essays in the volume reconstruct the fissures and connections that developed both within and between social groups during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Focusing on the experience of rapid ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD