{"product_id":"how-to-kill-a-witch-a-guide-for-the-patriarchy","title":"How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003e* N.B Paperback will be released soon! *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback copy, featuring the 'Witches of Scotland' tartan printed cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times Bestseller, How to Kill a Witch - A Guide for the Patriarchy book by \u003cspan\u003eClaire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease date: 15th May 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable for pick-up in our Glasgow store, or delivery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVAL MCDERMID, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePast Lying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'As well as highly entertaining read, How To Kill A Witch is a tour de force of research, understanding and compassion.' PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAll That Remains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Serious and angry, but so completely accessible, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHow To Kill A Witch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a work of real historical investigation and a fierce warning for our times.'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMALCOLM GASKILL, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ruin Of All Witches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'At a time when women's rights are once again being threatened across the globe, this book could not be a more timely read if it tried.' SHIRLEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e MANSON, Garbage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Two of Scotland's most vivid storytellers.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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 4,000 accused, and with many women's fates sealed by execution of strangulation, followed by burning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith characteristically sharp wit and a sense of outrage, they attempt to inhabit the minds of the persecutors, often men, revealing the inner workings of exactly why the Patriarchy went to such extraordinary lengths to silence women, and how this legally sanctioned victimisation proliferated in Scotland and around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith testimony from a small army of experts, pen portraits of the women accused, trial transcripts, witness accounts and the documents that set the legal grounds for the hunts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Kill A Witch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e builds to form a rich patchwork of tragic stories, helping us comprehend the underlying reasons for this terrible injustice, and raises the serious question - could it ever happen again?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctopus Publishing Group\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781800961883\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e236 x 160 x 32 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e502 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelvin Rooms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55180383224188,"sku":"","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0377\/6679\/1301\/files\/IMG_7769.png?v=1746178431","url":"https:\/\/kelvinrooms.shop\/en-us\/products\/how-to-kill-a-witch-a-guide-for-the-patriarchy","provider":"Kelvin Apothecary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}