The notion that witchcraft faded away with the onset of the scientific revolution is entirely mistaken. Sir Walter Scott wrote this volume for his son-in-law & biographer J. G. Lockhart. It stands in the grand tradition of writing on witchcraft & suggests that magic was alive & well in 19th-century Scotland, as contemporary newspaper reports confirm. Carefully researched, alive with stories drawn from his own & contemporaries' experience, & ranging in subject matter from ghosts & fairies to witches & astrologers, the ÔLetters' inform, enliven, & entertain as they try to wed 19th-century skepticism with evidence which contradicts it. Letters has been a major source of reference ever since it was published.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	10. mai 2018
ISBN13	9781718888128
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	254
Mål	152 × 229 × 13 mm · 344 g
Språk	Engelsk

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