{"product_id":"witchland-marion-gibson-9781668206539","title":"Witchland: A Deadly Moral Panic in Seventeenth-Century Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling, devastating 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 Marion Gibson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on newly discovered historical documents, Gibson gives voice to the accused, whose stories were previously lost to time. Moving across England and Scotland, \u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eWitchland \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping historical drama that plays out both on small scale of the town square and the large scale of the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSweeping, intimate, and dramatic, \u003ci\u003e Witchland\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping story of polarization, persecution, and a country ripped apart by fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668206536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668206539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.83d","brand":"Marion Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48450521006335,"sku":"9781668206539","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd82a9c0-f9c7-42d5-9811-c570994534bd.jpg?v=1777268159","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/witchland-marion-gibson-9781668206539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}