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Oct 31, 2005 posted on october 31, 2005 by erika mailman the witchs trinity launches september 25, 2007. The tale told in the witchs trinity by erika mailman is no exception. When a friar from the big city arrives and claims the town has been cursed by witches, gude muller, a village elder who is suffering from old age, forgetfulness, and hallucinations, fears she will be accused. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Reading guide for the witchs trinity by erika mailman. To gude it could mean torture and death at the stake. It s a fictional casestudy of the european witch craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as told in the first person by an old grandmother in a medieval german village who, herself, becomes accused after witnessing. See all books authored by erika mailman, including the witch s trinity, and oakland hills, and more on.
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