{"product_id":"witchland-hardcover-by-marion-gibson","title":"Witchland (Hardcover) by Marion Gibson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the captivating, compassionate account of a moral panic that swept across Britain during the English Civil War, leaving hundreds of so-called witches dead in its wake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePredating the Salem witch trials by decades—thoug\u003cimg\u003eh linked by ideology and, in some cases, by ancestry—these trials began in southeastern England and the Scottish Lowlands in the early 1640s and spread rapidly through Britain. Fueled by religiosity, misogyny, and the economic stresses of war, the trials soon grew into a mass panic that transformed the nation—and led to the deaths of over three hundred people during a ten-year span.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving across England and Scotland, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWitchland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshows how the chaos and economic deprivation of wartime can exacerbate existing divides within communities, leaving those already without power particularly vulnerable. Drawing on newly discovered historical documents, Gibson gives voice to the accused and defenseless—telling stories that have been hidden for centuries. With each chapter focusing on a different town and the lives and deaths of the people within it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWitchland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a gripping historical drama that plays out on both the small scale of the town square and the large scale of the nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67093147255025,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/witchland.jpg?v=1790458768","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/witchland-hardcover-by-marion-gibson","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}