Download or read book Sidonia the Sorceress, Volume II and the Amber Witch (Dodo Press) written by William Meinhold and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reverend Johann Wilhelm Meinhold (1797- 1851) who wrote under the pseudonym Abraham Schweidler, was a German pastor and author. In 1813 he attended the University of Greifswald and then in 1820 he became the rector of the Town School of Usedom. In 1821 he became a pastor of Coserow in Usedom. In the 1840s he claimed to have discovered the manuscript of another minister, Abraham Schweidler, among the rubbish in the choir in the old Coserow Church. This was the story of Mary Schweidler: The Amber Witch (1843) described as "the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known." His other works include Sidonia Von Bork die Klosterhexe.