{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-witches-von-undefined","title":"The Penguin Book of Witches","description":"\u003cp\u003eChilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America, compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom  a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to  court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper  coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while  the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a  treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on  the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of  Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried  with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often  accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges  of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed  for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through  the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780143106180\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780143106180","offer_id":58312268939589,"sku":"9780143106180","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2188ed7b-a702-4ece-9d09-acf30b31cebb.jpg?v=1781841653","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-witches-von-undefined","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}