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Shane Phillips asked this question about The Witches: Salem, 1692:
Is this a historically accurate book? Noticed that some say it is "Fantasy", or "Fiction"
Rachel While no historian can say with certainty exactly ALL the things that happened and all the perspectives surrounding a particular event, Stacy Schiff d…moreWhile no historian can say with certainty exactly ALL the things that happened and all the perspectives surrounding a particular event, Stacy Schiff did an incredible amount of research with primary source documents and court records to write as accurate a time-line as possible. She herself, however, mentions that major players sanitized their roles in this drama and as such, we must take all information with a critical eye.(less)
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The Witches
by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author)
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