Sidonia the Sorceress: Teh Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania (1) by Wilhelm Meinhold


Sidonia the Sorceress: Teh Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania (1)
Title : Sidonia the Sorceress: Teh Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania (1)
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ISBN : 146389838X
ISBN-10 : 9781463898380
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 307
Publication : First published January 1, 2003

Sidonia von Borcke (1548–1620) was a Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft. In posthumous legends, she is depicted as a femme fatale, and she has entered English literature as Sidonia the Sorceress. Amongst all the trials for witchcraft with which we are acquainted, few have attained so great a celebrity as that of the Lady Canoness of Pomerania,

Sidonia the Sorceress: Teh Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania (1) Reviews

  • Charity

    I discovered this title via another book. This is the first of two books about Sidonia, a noble woman of Pomerania who turns to sorcery after she is spurned by the prince. Her actions lead to the eventual downfall of the ducal family of Pomerania. The story is related by a Pomeranian born many years after her reign of terror and is told as the author gathers tales from those people who experienced the terror directly, or heard about it from friends and family. It's oddly written, and the author so frequently mentions tales that he is going to reveal later, it's rather like watching the evening news, as he says "but more on that later". An intriguing book, with some grammatical and language challenges for this modern reader, but I'm now reading the second volume, so there's clearly enough to motivate me to continue on. I'd recommend it to fans of gothic horror or The Crucible.

  • Prisoner 071053

    Where's the sorcery? It wasn't bad, but it barely felt medieval. What was Rossetti thinking?