The Witches: Salem, 1692, by Stacy Schiff, is a historical work of nonfiction that reads like a twisting, turning mystery. Schiff pulls back the curtain on this bizarre episode in American history ...

At first glance, the Salem witch trials of 1692 seem like a putrid, horrifying excrescence straight out of medieval Europe. Not only were many innocents hanged, but one victim, Giles Corey, was ...

In 1692, writes Stacy Schiff in her penetrating new book on the Salem witch trials, “New Englanders lived very much in the dark.” Their days were filled with hard work and prayer, their sky ...

Just in time for Halloween, Stacy Schiff's mesmerizing The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a prime candidate for scariest book of the year. Author of the acclaimed Cleopatra: A Life and winner of the ...

The horror began in January 1692 in the Salem home of minister Samuel Parris. His 11-year-old niece Abigail Williams and his 9-year-old daughter Betty complained of “prickling sensations . . .

Daily Book Review: ‘The Witches: Salem, 1692’ by Sophia Kaufman December 3, 2015 April 20, 2021. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new ...

An installation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., uses artifacts and primary sources to tell the true story of the city’s notorious episode of paranoia and persecution.

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is required reading in nearly every high school classroom, placing the village of Salem, Massachusetts, well within the sphere of pop-culture awareness. In Pulitzer ...

Halloween has passed, but that’s no reason not to take in Stacy Schiff’s latest book, “The Witches: Salem, 1692.” The historian is adept at sweeping from one era to the next, from ancient ...

By summer the Salem jail had filled with witches of both genders and all ages, from a toddler to a grandmother. The hysteria radiated outward, snaring other communities, such as Andover and Ipswich.