I recently finished Hex by Jenni Fagan in the Darkland Tale series which was dedicated to Geillis Duncan, a convicted witch. After reading How to Kill a Witch: a guide for the patriarchy where she was mentioned, I decided to open Sir Walter Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft for his view. Scott stated, "It would be disgusting to follow the numerous cases in which the same uniform credulity, he same extorted confessions, the same prejudiced and exaggerated evidence, concluded in the same tragedy at the stake and the pile." I recommend all three books. I was familiar with the Salem witchcraft trials but not the North Berwick in Scotland.
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I have only read Hex so I will have to check out the others. I do remember when I found the Scott volume for us.
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