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message 1: by Joanie (new)

Joanie | 5 comments Any recommendations for books that relate to the Salem witches/trials but aren't necessarily about the trials themselves? I'm thinking of things like The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The Lace Reader, A Discovery of Witches. Thanks!


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karen (karenbrissette) | 1315 comments Mod
maybe this list will help?

The Heretic's Daughter
Susannah Morrow
The Witch's Daughter
Deliverance from Evil

i haven't read any of these, but i've read a bunch of books about witch hunts in europe, if those would be of any interest to you...


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Kait (ksykes) | 2 comments I would be interested in the books about witch hunts in Europe.


Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈ | 20 comments The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman is a very interesting book about witch hunts in a small German village in the 16th century. Also the author traces her ancestry to a woman who stood trial a few times for witchcraft and her true story is also included at the end. I highly recommend.
Also The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch is another European witch-hunty story that I also delves into European executioner clans in the middle ages. That one was also quite enjoyable.


message 5: by Katie (new)

Katie Tingle | 1 comments The Salem Witch Society :)


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Kait (ksykes) | 2 comments Thank you Jess and Katie!


message 7: by karen, future RA queen (new)

karen (karenbrissette) | 1315 comments Mod
here are some more european ones:

The Last Witchfinder
The Burning Time
Daughters of the Witching Hill
The Owl Killers

and some that are not witch-hunts but are still witchy readalikes:

The Hawley Book of the Dead: A Novel
Dark Aemilia

and this one that is witchy, not really like the howe at all, but still looks cool

The Furies: A Thriller


message 8: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Tittle | 1 comments Just saw this. Try Stacy Schiff's The Witches: Salem, 1692. SHe's on tour now.


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