{"product_id":"the-crucible","title":"The Crucible","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA depiction of innocent men and women destroyed by malicious rumour, \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible \u003c\/i\u003eis also a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61087752880462,"sku":"9780141182551","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9780141182551.jpg?v=1791288277","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/the-crucible","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}