{"product_id":"crucible","title":"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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57302949986686,"sku":"NW9780141182551","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141182551.jpg?v=1778234745","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/crucible","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}