The books recounts the witch trials historians believe inspired the Salem trials in the United States of America.

Formerly the residence of infamous Judge Jonathan Corwin, the Witch House is the only structure in Salem still standing that has direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. Because of this, it is a ...

In her book A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials, Laurie Winn Carlson draws on these events at length in the first few chapters; they make fascinating reading.

Between early 1692 and mid-1693, the Salem witch trials swept through colonial Massachusetts ... The trials began in earnest in the spring of 1692, with Judge Samuel Sewall, Reverend Cotton ...

The 300-year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds will go on display later this month A 300-year-old rare book that details events said to have inspired the infamous Salem Witch Trials ...

Famous Salem residents such as Judge John Hathorne (one of the main judges in the witch trials), Gov. Simon Bradstreet (the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) and Revs. John Higginson ...