Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction - Hardcover

Borman, Tracy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224090569 ISBN 13: 9780224090568

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2013

Synopsis

Witches The heir of one of England's great noble families falls ill. Convulsing fits, a foaming mouth. Within a month he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will fall ill. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of Rutland's sons will not be the last to die. Full description

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Review:

"Gripping... Stirring witchcraft, politics and sexual perversity into the cauldron of a superstitious age, Tracy Borman seasons her brew with suggestions of poisoning and the black arts." (Iain Finlayson The Times)

"Tracy Borman has written a thorough and beautifully researched social history of the early 1600s, taking in everything from folk medicine to James I’s sex life." (Bella Bathurst Observer)

"Spellbinding" (Daily Telegraph)

"Tracy Borman has written a superb history of the witchcraze in early modern Europe focusing around this one case. Her book is enthralling and accurate... In many respects this is a triumph of popular historical writing." (David Wootton Guardian)

"A tantalising history... A panoramic survey of the witch craze that swept through Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries." (John Carey Sunday Times)

Book Description:

A tale of bloody witchcraft, which led all the way to James I's right-hand man

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0224090569
• ISBN 13: 9780224090568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320