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Feb 25, 2018Janice21383 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The author of The Witches has two challenging tasks: to dig through the layers of legends and theories to find the truth, and to write an easily readable, popular book. It might be impossible to do both at once, but Stacy Schiff does her darnedest. Readers looking for a short, snappy book with a clear narrative and simple causes will be disappointed. The original sources are incomplete, conflicting, and biased; or they have been destroyed by descendants who did not want their family members seen in a bad light. Later generations have twisted the story this way and that, to suit the ideas of their times. (The latest is that the witch hunt was in fact a consciously promoted real estate conspiracy. No.) The Witches will give you enough information to come up with some ideas of your own.