Richard Francis

A chronic case of mass hysteria

Schiff has immersed herself so deeply in the 1692 witch trials that the innocent victims of mass hysteria actually appear to be guilty in some way

  • The Witches of Salem, 1692

    Stacy Schiff

    Weidenfeld, pp. 512

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