Witches: James I & the English Witch Hunts
Author: Tracey Borman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of EnglandÕs great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is ÔtormentedÕ with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of RutlandÕs sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of EnglandÕs oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thousand. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir.He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of EnglandÕs great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is ÔtormentedÕ with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of RutlandÕs sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of EnglandÕs oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thousand. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir.He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
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Author: Tracey Borman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of EnglandÕs great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is ÔtormentedÕ with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of RutlandÕs sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of EnglandÕs oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thousand. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir.He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of EnglandÕs great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is ÔtormentedÕ with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of RutlandÕs sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of EnglandÕs oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thousand. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir.He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
Witches: James I & the English Witch Hunts