Witches and Wizards: The Real-Life Stories Behind the Occult s Greatest Legends (The Supernatural Series) Hardcover – May 1, 2017

Loved the transparency,research and writing style. It felt as if the words came from Lucy’s heart right to paper and electronic paper (kindle app). Blessings.

A good read.

A very interesting book! Though it doesn't go very deep into the stories.

This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 10/31/2017.You may remember when I wrote about “Human Tribe” I suggested that perhaps it’s my nosy nature but I’m always curious about people. Let me add that I’m particularly interested in the lives of historic magical practitioners, which is why when offered the chance to read “Witches and Wizards: The Real-life Stories Behind the Occult’s Greatest Legends” by Lucy Cavendish I jumped at the chance.Let me start with, any of the subjects in “Witches and Wizards” is worthy of a whole book unto themselves. Many of them do have whole books dedicated to them! However something about the mix of types and eras makes for an interesting “big picture” look at magical practitioners that shaped our world. Inside you’ll read about Merlin, Aleister Crowley, Doreen Valiente, John Dee, the witches (or not witches) of Salem, Massachusetts and of course more.I hate to sound like a total book nerd, but I also love the physical format of the book too. It’s small, hardcover with no slip cover, just a cover with beautiful cover art on it. This book is going to last, and better still it says, “The Supernatural Series Book One” at the top. This hopefully means I can look forward to a shelf full of these attractive and interesting books.

I wish that it was a little longer.