In hard, tight, and exact language, disciplined by close reasoning and close documentation, and seasoned with a sharp sense of character and drama, Hiller B. Zobel has written a definitive account. . . . Full of gripping detail, a good deal of myth-shattering, and some discriminating reappraisals. - Make[s] eighteenth-century courtroom scenes crackle with excitement. -Reissued in new paperback format and design