My interest in historical fiction on witches and witch-hunting was sparked through a book I read in 2007 called The Witch’s Trinity, which provides a unique perspective on a poor medieval town bent on blaming their troubles on witches, whether real or imagined. While I’ve been meaning to find similar reads, my TBR just hasn’t included any lately, and so this novel sounds like just the thing:
The Afflicted Girls
by Suzy Witten
description:
“Something terrible happened in Salem in 1692 . . . but it isn’t what you think!
THE AFFLICTED GIRLS A Novel of Salem by author-researcher Suzy Witten
presents a startling new theory of the Salem Village witch-hunts which is certain
to put this 300 year old unsettled mystery to rest . . . by guiding readers through
The Historical Record to revelation. Part parable, part star-crossed romance,
and part supernatural venture, this is an intuitive human history—and inhuman—spun
with a modern twist. A controversial debut by a new Historical storyteller.”
A Walt Disney Studios Fellowship Finalist.
Historical Fiction, 454 pages, A Paperback Original (also available as an eBook).
You can now buy The Afflicted Girls at Amazon or other online stores or you can get it from theafflictedgirls.com.
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Heather
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 6:20 am:
Ooh this sounds right up my ally. I have enjoyed reading about this time period since reading The Crucible in high school, but there hasn’t been a lot I have found. This one sounds great!
Rachel W.
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 9:01 am:
Have you read The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe? That’s a great book about witches!
MARIE BURTON
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 9:17 am:
Interesting find. I am also intrigued by those scary times as well.. scary stuff to live through that witch hunting! This books premise .. and promise of mystery.. has me intrigued!
Mariag
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 4:07 pm:
I have recently heard about this book and plan on reading it.
Sounds interesting!!
Arleigh
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 4:49 pm:
Heather – I never read The Crucible and I didn’t know it was about this. Interesting!
Rachel – I haven’t… will have to look that one up!
Heather
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 7:50 pm:
I reacently read the Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – it is a GREAT book! The Crucible is written in play form and it is about the witch trials, one of my favorite plays.
lucy
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 8:08 pm:
This really sounds intriguing..except I’m such a chicken when it comes to reading sabout the ‘dark side’..so I don’t even know if I’d read it. I mean, when it’s part of the history I’m reading, then, yeah, that’s ok…but if it’s only about that- it creeps me- plus I feel for those women who were unjustly tried, hanged, or burned-too cruel. But then I have no problem reading aobut alchemists and the like..go figure…
Teddy
on Nov 28th, 2009
@ 12:51 am:
This sounds very interesting. I look foward to your review of it.
Allie ~ Hist-Fic Chick
on Nov 30th, 2009
@ 2:11 pm:
I could have sworn I left a comment here the other day after Lucy’s…must have glitched. Anyway, what I meant to say was that this book sounds really interesting to me. The headline truly makes me want to know what happened there!!