by Katherine Howe · Salani · tapa dura · ISBN 9788862560542
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«Le figlie del libro perduto» is the historical novel by Katherine Howe, published by Salani in hardback (427 pages, in Italian).
Connie Goodwin, a doctoral student at Harvard, investigates the Salem witch trials. While clearing out her grandmother's house, she finds a hollow key with a paper mentioning Deliverance Dane, a name that connects her to the 1692 proceedings, to her family, and to a lost Book of Shadows, while another person seeks that volume at any cost.
It is the first instalment of The Physick Book series, originally published in English in 2009. Its original title is The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.
For readers of historical fiction and mystery interested in the Salem witch hunt and in stories that weave past and present together.
Katherine Howe is an American novelist who lives in New England and New York City. She specializes in historical novels which she uses to query ideas about "the contingent nature of reality and belief." Her debut novel was the New York Times Bestseller The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (2009), related to the Salem witch trials. Its success led to her being a guest on several TV news shows, as well as "Salem: Unmasking The Devil" on the National Geographic Channel.
