Praise for Witchcraft National Bestseller A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 "The trials of the accused people in Witchcraft return to us, in detail, lives about which we might otherwise know nothing." --The New Yorker "Belong[s] firmly within the contemporary examination of the United States' ongoing and multifaceted satanic panic." --The Washington Post "Thought-provoking and timely. Searing." -- The Times "Inventive and compelling. A work of restitution and historical reparation, an attempt to give voice to those who have been silenced over the centuries." --Times Literary Supplement "From demonology to royal ascensions, Gibson demonstrates how identity politics, power plays and cultural differences all crashed together to allow these historic injustices to occur. A well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruellest moments in history.

" --Buzz Magazine "Thirteen witch trials are brought vividly to life in Gibson's wide-ranging book" --Daily Mail "Gibson tells the story of the women and men whom those in power tried to silence -- sometimes permanently." --BookRiot "A fascinating and revelatory look at real witch hunts.[Gibson] fashion[s] a book that is at once readable and informative, an energetic and declarative statement on a particular brand of cruelty that is at its most historically hysterical and rotten." --BookReporter.