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Book Title: Instruments Of Darkness: Witchcraft In Early Modern England
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5in
Author: James Sharpe
Publication Name: Instruments of Darkness : Witchcraft in Early Modern England
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
