WitchfindersBy the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen began interrogating women suspected of witchcraft, triggering the most brutal witch-hunt in English history. |
Contents
Prologue | |
Strange Effects | |
The Initiation | |
Dark Horizons | |
First Blood | |
Malignants | |
Hellish Invention | |
Contagion | |
Sticklers | |
The Biter | |
Epilogue | |
Notes | |
Select Bibliography | |
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