witchcraft

Magic potions and words do not work for the Humbug Witch who finally removes her mask.

"The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are a case study in hysteria and group psychology, and the cultural effects still linger centuries later. This critical study examines original trial transcripts, historical accounts, fiction and drama, film and television shows, and tourist sites in contemporary Salem, challenging the process of how history is collected and recorded"--Provided by publisher.

When Meg hears that powerful forces are plotting the princess's destruction, she realizes she must find a way to rescue the fragile child whose life holds the key to peace and the destiny of a nation.

A lonely old recluse is accused by his fellow villagers of being the devil's disciple when they discover he has invented an imaginary family to keep himself company.

In the seventeenth century a young boy, newly arrived to live with his grandfather on the channel island of Serq, befriends a wild and troubled girl whose aunt is determined that she become a witch.

The discovery by a boy servant in sixteenth-century Scotland that a kitchen maid is a witch leads to the disclosure of a plot to murder King James I.

Two young girls, spending a vacation with their family in a gloomy house, begin to play at witchcraft.

Ten-year-old Rosemary thinks the word "Time" cut into a stone in her aunt's old herb garden should be spelled "Thyme" until she picks a sprig of the herb around it and discovers herself back in the eighteenth century.