Explores what primed Salem for its witchcraft fever, key people in the drama, and the events of the Salem witch trials that led to the execution of 19 innocent people.
Offers an overview of the Salem witch trials, describing the events that led to the execution and imprisonment of dozens of villagers who were believed to practice witchcraft and exploring the lasting impact the trials had on American history and law.
Presents profiles of sixteen significant people who influenced, caused, or reacted to the Salem witch trials of 1692 during which hundreds of men and women were jailed after being accused of witchcraft, and over twenty lost their lives.
When overweight Billy Halleck accidentally hits a gypsy woman as she is crossing the street, he senses a curse upon him. He begins to lose weight with horrifying results.
When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an Inquisitor is summoned.
After her father's sudden death, fourteen year old Rose Rives finds that sixteenth century France is a dangerous place for women, when some greedy, vindictive men charge her mother and others with being witches.
Presents three novels in Cate Tiernan's Sweep series--The Calling, Changeling, and Strife--in which Morgan Rowlands struggles to control her magical powers and stop a dark force that threatens the entire world.
