The Medici Boots

"The Medici Boots" by Pearl Norton Swet is a spooky story from the early 1900s about a cursed pair of boots that once belonged to a woman from the Medici family in old Florence. The book deals with ideas of evil taking over someone, being in danger, and how bad things from the past can still cause problems. The story follows Silas Dickerson, who leaves his big collection of stuff to his family, including the scary Medici boots. His nephew, John Delameter, and his wife, Suzanne, don't pay attention to a warning note about the boots, but Suzanne gets really interested in them and starts acting strangely and violently as the boots control her. Things get creepier and more awful, and John has to face the terrible truth about the boots to rescue his wife. In the end, John's brother, Eric, realizes they have to destroy the boots to free Suzanne from the curse, showing that the bad things people did long ago can still hurt people today.