{"product_id":"9781668206539","title":"Witchland","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe captivating, compassionate account of a moral panic that swept across Britain in the decades before the Salem Witch Trials, leaving hundreds of so-called witches dead in its wake, by acclaimed historian and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781668002421\"\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eMarion Gibson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the English Civil War of the 1640s, a series of witch trials began in southeast England and Lowland Scotland. 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during a ten-year span.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on newly discovered historical documents, Gibson gives voice to the accused, whose stories were previously lost to time. Moving across England and Scotland, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows how the chaos and economic deprivation of wartime can exacerbate existing divides within communities, leaving those already without power particularly vulnerable - especially, during this time, impoverished women dependent on the goodwill of their neighbors. With each chapter focused on a different town and the lives and deaths of the people within it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a historical drama that plays out both on the small scale of the town square and the large scale of the nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweeping, intimate, and dramatic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a gripping story of polarization, persecution, and a country ripped apart by fear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gibson, Marion","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48244905705726,"sku":"9781668206539","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Witchland.png?v=1779760964","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781668206539","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}