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Witchfinders

by Malcolm Gaskill · 2005

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A popular history about Matthew Hopkins and the Great English Witchhunt.

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17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 384 pages

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