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It was a black night in the year 1620 when Christenze Krukow made the wax child, when she melted down beeswax and set it in the image of a small human. For days, she carried it tucked beneath her arm, shaping it with the warmth of her flesh, giving it life. She fashioned for it eyes and ears that cannot open, and yet – it watches and listens. Based on an infamous seventeenth century Danish witch trial, ‘The Wax Child’ is a mesmerising, frightening vision of a time when witches and magic were as real to the human mind as soil and seawater.
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Piece together the magical and macabre history of witchcraft in this spellbinding jigsaw puzzle. Spot iconic witches from literature, mythology, folklore, art and film, from the ancient world to the modern day. Read about key events, moments and figures in witchcraft history, and discover how portrayals of the witch transform over time in the accompanying poster. Featuring renowned witches from Macbeth, The Crucible, Doctor Faustus, The Wizard of Oz and scenes inspired by real-life events like the Salem witch trials, the Pendle Witches and the Würzburg witch trials.1000-PIECE PUZZLE with an enchanting illustration by Eleanor Taylor, measuring 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.) when completedINCLUDES A PULL-OUT POSTER with text by Dr Laura Kounine on the history of witchcraftBESTSELLING SERIES:The World of… jigsaw puzzles from Laurence King are a fun way to celebrate pop cultural moments, historic movements and the lives and works of creative
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As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, with at least 4000 accused, and with many women’s fates sealed by a grizzly execution of strangulation, followed by burning. Inspired to correct this historic injustice, campaigners and writers Claire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi, have delved deeply into just why the trials exploded in Scotland to such a degree. In order to understand why it happened, they have broken down the entire horrifying process, step-by-step, from identification of individuals, to their accusation, ‘pricking’, torture, confessions, execution and beyond.
