The Witches, Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff a Showcase

I have never claimed to be a great lover of non-fiction. Too often they read like the boring old history tombs of my high school youth. But when a good friend recommended Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff I had to give it a whirl. After all the most I knew about the Egyptian Queen was from Liz Taylor. How right he was I learned so much information about her, the times she lived in and her men. When that same friend told me that the fabulous Ms. Schiff had yet another non-fiction releasing about the Salem Witches I knew I needed a copy of that too.
So stay tuned because within the next few weeks I'll review the book but right now I just wanted to showcase it on its release day.

ISBN-13: 9780316200608
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Release Date: 10/27/2015
Length: 512pp
Buy It: B&N/Amazon/Kobo/IndieBound/Audible

Overview

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.

It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death.

The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic.

As psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, THE WITCHES is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story-the first great American mystery unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.