by
Thomas Robisheaux
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
A young mother dies in agony. Was it a natural death, murder—or witchcraft?
On the night of the festive holiday of Shrove Tuesday in 1672 Anna Fessler died after eating one of her neighbor's buttery cakes. Could it have been poisoned? Drawing on vivid court documents, eyewitness accounts,...