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Item Details
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WITCH HUNT
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| By: |
Chris Priestley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0340860561 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780340860564 |
| Publisher: |
HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2003 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
In 1692, two girls from Puritan New England start having fits, babbling and contorting their bodies. They accuse three women of witchcraft and provoke the infamous Salem witch hunt, with fear, paranoia and religious fervour leading to a mounting death toll and the shattering of a community. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1692, two girls from a Puritan village in New England start having fits, babbling and contorting their bodies. 'The Devil has been raised among us,' says the minister. The girls accuse three women of tormenting them. The women are tried and convicted of witchcraft. So begins the infamous Salem witch hunt. Young and old, social outcasts and pillars of the community, women and men - no one is safe, anyone can be branded a witch. No evidence is needed - in the Salem court, the word of the 'afflicted' is enough to convict the accused and send them to jail. Nineteen are hanged on Gallows Hill, and four die in prison. A chilling story of fear and paranoia spiralling out of control, with terrifying results. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hodder Children's Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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