Welcome to our non-fiction book club! Our November pick is Witches: A King’s Obsession by Steven Veerapen.

Welcome to our non-fiction book club! We meet in our cafe on the second Wednesday every month to talk about the latest and greatest in non-fiction, including titles in nature, history, art, politics, popular-science, biography, gender studies, travel, and the list goes on!

Our November pick is Witches: A King’s Obsession by Steven Veerapen. Steven Veerapen traces witches, witchcraft, and witch-hunters from the explosion of mass-trials under King James VI and I in the late sixteenth century to the death of the witch-hunting phenomenon in the early eighteenth century. Based on documents and the latest historical research, he explores what motivated widespread belief in demonic witchcraft throughout Britain as well as in continental Europe, what caused mass panics about alleged witches, and what led, ultimately, to the relegation of the witch – and the witch-hunter – to the realm of fantasy and the fringes of society.

Whether your already a connoisseur of non-fiction or looking to expand your reading horizons, we’d love to have you. Tickets are free but we recommend booking to secure your place.

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