The Amber Witch

The Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1893
Genre: Paranormal fiction
ISBN:

The Amber Witch

The Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1844
Genre: Trials (Witchcraft)
ISBN:

The Witches of Echo Park

The Witches of Echo Park
Author: Amber Benson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101630434

First in a “spellbinding”* series about a coven of witches living in L.A., from Amber Benson, author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels. Unbeknownst to most of humankind, a powerful network of witches thrives within the shadows of society, using magic to keep the world in balance. But the witches are being eliminated—and we will all pay if their power falls… When Lyse MacAllister’s great-aunt Eleanora, the woman who raised her, becomes deathly ill, Lyse puts her life in Georgia on hold to rush back to Los Angeles. And once she returns to Echo Park, Lyse discovers her great-aunt has been keeping extraordinary secrets from her. Not only is Lyse heir to Eleanora’s Victorian house; she is also expected to take her great-aunt’s place in the Echo Park coven of witches. But accepting her destiny means placing herself in deadly peril—for the world of magic is under siege, and the battle the witches now fight may be their last…

The Amber Witch

The Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Publisher: Lushena Books
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2014-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781631821189

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH. THE MOST INTERESTING TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT EVER KNOWN. PRINTED FROM AN IMPERFECT MANUSCRIPT BY HER FATHER, ABRAHAM SCHWEIDLER, THE PASTOR OF COSEROW IN THE ISLAND OF USEDOM J$ EDITED BY WIL- LIAM MEINHOLD. DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY J& TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY LADY DUFF GORDON. i TH E AMBER WITCH. PREFACE. IN laying before the public this deeply affecting and romantic trial, which I have not without reason called on the title-page the most interesting of all trials for witchcraft ever known, I will first give some account of the history of the manuscript. At Coserow, in the island of Usedom, my former cure, the same which was held by our worthy author some two hundred years ago, there existed under a seat in the choir of the church a sort of niche, nearly on a level with the floor. I had, indeed, often seen a heap of various writings in this recess; but owing to my short sight, and the darkness of the place, I had taken them for antiquated hymn-books which were lying about in great numbers. But one day, while I was teaching in the church, I looked for a paper mark in the Catechism of one of the boys, which I could not immediately find; and my old sexton, who was past eighty (and who, although called Appelmann, was thoroughly unlike his namesake in our story, being a very worthy, although a most ignorant man), stooped down to the said niche, and took from it a folio volume which I had'never before observed, out of which he, without the slightest hesitation, tore a strip of paper suited to my purpose, and reached it to me. I immediately seized upon the book, and, after a few minutes' perusal, I know not which was greater, my astonishment or my vexation at this costly prize. The manuscript, which was b...

Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1528792033

“Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch” is an 1838 novel by Wilhelm Meinhold, originally published in German and translated into English by Lady Duff-Gordon. Initially published as a hoax claiming to be a 17th-century account of witchcraft, Meinhold eventually confessed to the deceit but encountered significant trouble when trying to prove that he actually wrote the book. Set during the Thirty Years War, the plot revolves around the story of a pastor, whose only daughter, Maria, has been accused of practicing witchcraft by a rejected suitor. What follows is a tale of heart-break, jealousy and innocence. Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this vintage novel now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.