Hill has produced a carefully researched narrative. It’s a non-fiction book recounting the gruesome details of the witch-hunt hysteria and trials in Salem Village, which is now Danvers, Massachusetts. Frances Hill wrote A Delusion of Satan in 1995. 'For a factual account providing a broader social context, readers may profitably turn to A Delusion of Satan. United States: first Da Capo Press edition, 1997 second Da Capo Press edition, 2002. This is a genuine tract for our times and ought to be widely read.' '(The story is) vividly described by Hill. This is an engrossing book, and a disturbing one.' 'Hill combines impressive research with a readable style and an ability to relate the events of 300 years ago to the larger question of mass hysteria. 'This new account of Salem's horrible wrongdoings in the name of righteousness is especially disconcerting because you are so often struck by how familiar it all sounds today.'

A truly chilling tale, told here with intelligence and tact.' A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials by Frances Hill 1,326 ratings, 3.71 average rating, 170 reviews Open Preview A Delusion of Satan Quotes Showing 1-4 of 4 Like any other human activity, religion can be abused and made to exacerbate our frightened egoism instead of helping us to transcend it. '(Hill) asks many of the right questions and resists the temptation to reduce everything to a single explanation. An entertaining and suspenseful drama (that is) also a cautionary tale for our times.' Combining extensive research with lucid writing, Hill successfully brings the (participants) to life, giving them distinct personalities that make for compelling reading. '(A) fascinating and disturbing chronicle. The result is not only a grisly read but an engrossing one.' Hill is at some pains to relate not only her own theory about the ghastly events, but also those of other scholars with whom she does not agree. Its vivid description gives the feeling that the Salem witch hunt happened five minutes ago.' (this book) is an informative, fascinating depiction of mass hysteria.

Impeccably researched and intelligently written. '(Hill gives) us a complex psychological portrait of those involved.

A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill