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The Witch in History

by Diane Purkiss · 1996

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'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their — and our — world.'- The Observer

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'An invigorating and challenging book ... sets many hares running.'- The Times Higher Education Supplement

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adult
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medium · 308 pages

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