The history of a unique reign of terror. A thoroughly readable book on the lives and careers of possibly the most sadistic group of people of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the great age of witch-hunting in Europe and North America. From the doyen of witch-hunters, the Jesuit del Rio, to the British Matthew Hopkins, not to mention Pierre de Lancre, a judge who was responsible for burning 600 women, Maxwell-Stuart charts the progress of these fierce and dangerous zealots, while providing an insight into the world ...
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The history of a unique reign of terror. A thoroughly readable book on the lives and careers of possibly the most sadistic group of people of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the great age of witch-hunting in Europe and North America. From the doyen of witch-hunters, the Jesuit del Rio, to the British Matthew Hopkins, not to mention Pierre de Lancre, a judge who was responsible for burning 600 women, Maxwell-Stuart charts the progress of these fierce and dangerous zealots, while providing an insight into the world they perceived as evil and which they sought to destroy.
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N/A. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229) pp. 157. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good-Please see photos as part of condition report 2003 1st Edition, WITCH HUNTERS By PG Maxwell-Stuart Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: Tempus, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229), Pages 157 ISBN: 9780752423395 SKU: BTETM0001242 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 157. 157 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket.