{"product_id":"9780393349689","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Last Witch of Langenburg : Murder in a German Village by Thomas Robisheaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 08\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the night of the festive holiday of Shrove  Tuesday in 1672 Anna Fessler died after eating  one of her neighbor's buttery cakes. Could it  have been poisoned? Drawing on vivid court  documents, eyewitness accounts, and an early  autopsy report, historian Thomas Robisheaux  brings the story to life. Exploring one of  Europe's last witch panics, he unravels why  neighbors and the court magistrates became  convinced that Fessler's neighbor Anna Schmieg  was a witch-one of several in the area-ensnared  by the devil. Once arrested, Schmieg, the wife  of the local miller, and her daughter were  caught up in a high-stakes drama that led to  charges of sorcery and witchcraft against the  entire family. Robisheaux shows how ordinary  events became diabolical ones, leading  magistrates to torture and turn a daughter  against her mother. In so doing he portrays an  entire world caught between superstition and  modernity. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56419565109621,"sku":"9780393349689","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393349689.jpg?v=1764598546","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780393349689","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}