Our guest historian today is Stacey Schiff, author of a number of historical works.

Her book Vera was a Pulitzer Prize winner, and she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for

her book, Sont-Axubari.

And of course, her book The Witches was one of the works referenced as we researched

and wrote on obscured season 1.

Her list of awards of publications is enough to make any historian jealous, so I'll

point you toward her full bio on the un obscured website if you want to learn more.

I had a chance to sit down with Stacey Schiff this past summer, and we had a fantastic

conversation.

So without further delay, let's get on with the show.

This is the un obscured interview series for season 1.

I'm Aaron Manky.

I'm Stacey Schiff.

I'm the author of The Witches, a narrative history of what happened at Salem, to which I came

because I was surprised by how little most of us really know about what happened in 1692.

Salem, which trial seemed like a shorthand, but none of us really understands what it

is a shorthand.

I had written a book about Cleopatra before this, and it was the same kind of dynamic of

just a name brand, something that everyone recognizes without really having any grasp

of the actual history.

Well, when you talk about the misunderstanding, I think the place to start here is almost

the most obvious question.

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