Download or read book A Delusion Of Satan written by Frances Hill and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful history illuminates the horrifying winter of 1691 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, with visceral clarity. By placing the distant period of the Salem witch trials in the larger context of more contemporary eruptions of mass hysteria and intolerance, Frances Hill has created a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful work. 13 illustrations.