Synopses & Reviews
brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nation's history. Young girls in trances pointed out neighbors, leaders, relatives--over 150 people were arrested, with many hanged for their supposed sins. Frances Hill, author of , brings her deep historical and political understanding together with her honed skills as a novelist to produce a picture of the trials both realistic and emotional. She has written an extraordinary and gripping novel of hysteria, power plays, and love in colonial America.
Review
Praise for Frances Hill's Previous Works: ¦Its vivid description gives the feeling that the Salem witch hunt happened five minutes ago.¦--Los Angeles Times Book Review
¦An entertaining and suspenseful drama [that is] also a cautionary tale for our times.¦ --Boston Globe ¦More dramatic [than Salem Possessed].¦ --John Updike, The New Yorker
Synopsis
Salem, Massachusetts, Winter 1692: In the parsonage of Reverend Samuel Parris, two young girls are seated by the fire and play at fortune-telling as snow falls softly outside. What starts as a game sends one of the girls into a hysterical trance, and a small town begins its descent into madness. Accusations of witchcraft would destroy lives and old scores would be settled. Over 150 people would be arrested and imprisoned, with even more accused of consorting with the devil.
In Deliverance from Evil, Frances Hill brings her deep historical and political understanding together with her honed skills as a novelist to produce a picture of the Salem witch trials both realistic and emotional.
Synopsis
In an era of uncertain survival in the New World, the Devil himself was believed to prey on society--and his witches could be convicted by mere children.
About the Author
Frances Hill is a historian, novelist, and journalist whose previous books include A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials Reader, Hunting for Witches: A Visitor's Guide to the Salem Witch Trials, and Such Men Are Dangerous: The Fanatics of 1692 and 2004.