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The Witches: Salem, 1692
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I have really been into non-fiction lately, and this is a TOME ladies and gentlemen. Impeccably researched, sometimes to it's fault, but fascinating and depressing at the same time. I particularly loved how I could really place myself in the world of 17th century America. And it is weirdly reflective of our culture right now in some ways? Where you see a whole society swept up in a fevor of attacking each other, against all logic. Truth was malleable, and innocent people were killed. It goes to show we have an amazing capacity to, as a group, let emotion trump logic. Often to sad consequences.
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Dec 19, 2016 04:50PM
Ha! "trump logic"!
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I'd be interested to see how much of this is revisionist propaganda and how much is hard fact. I'll have to give it a look!
She also did a fabulous tome about Cleopatra which which was on many "best books of 2010" lists. I loved it, but am an Egyptophile
Been meaning to read this one for a while, interesting that we're still swept up in craziness like that. We should really learn from things in our past like this.
I wonder if this book is more story or hard core fact I guess I read it and find out!
I got this for Christmas and am excited to dive it. The illustrations alone are awesome. The list of people at the beginning made me realize I will need to read it in sections.
I loved the movie, The Witch, but haven't thought of reading about Salem. Is it really necessary? These people claimed to flee England's religious oppression but brought all that fear with them to the New World. Meanwhile, back in England at this time, Queen Elizabeth was a protestant and put a stop to all the madness instigated by the insane Catholic clergy, her insane father, her insane sister, and her short-lived brother. God save the Queen. But this isn't a story about Elizabeth, and I digress. These protestants fled the Church of England, but in many ways were stuck in that time period, filled with fear and superstition. What new research can be done with just journals and town records to pore over? I would't think anything new can be learned. They hanged their neighbors on suspicion. It was an injustice. But it is a candle next to the wildfire of Europe's atrocities.
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Jonathan wrote: "I loved the movie, The Witch, but haven't thought of reading about Salem. Is it really necessary? These people claimed to flee England's religious oppression but brought all that fear with them to ..."We can always learn something new about, or from, the past. And also to assume that history has been truthfully relayed to us is a fallacy of its own.
