Witches: James I and the English Witch Hunts

Excellent author, really like the old English words written in the book. I love history anyway but this book just adds something else to detail the injustices of that time in history. Excellent read.

I found the book very informative and especially interesting as I have friends who live in Bottesford.. I have been to St Mary's church and seen the tomb and inscription

Despite being a " used " item ( book ) it was in excellent condition 👍⭐️and in Large Print to which was a Bonus ! this Hardback will compliment my Audio Copy by same Authoress she's brilliant 👍 A very happy customer ! 👻🦉

After reading her superb books on Henrietta Howard (mistress of George II), Elizabeth's Women (the women whose influence shaped Elizabeth I) and Matilda (the wife of William the Conqueror), I was fascinated by what would happen when Tracy Borman's brilliant and engaging writing style combined with the much darker theme of Witchcraft. The result doesn't disappoint in any way as Borman uses the story of the 'Belvoir Witches' - Joan, Margaret and Philippa Flower - as a window through which to examine the disturbing phenomenon of 'Witchcraft' during the seventeen century. As usual, Borman narrates the story brilliantly building suspense through the way in which the book moves back and forth between dealing with the detail of the Belvoir case and the issue of Witchcraft more generally. The evidence is meticulously presented and carefully examined with all Borman's skill for making the key characters involved really come alive in the mind of the reader. Once you start reading this book you will find it very difficult to put it down - truly 'history as it should be written' as Alison Weir said of 'Elizabeth's Women'. The versatility of Tracy Borman is quite extraordinary and it will be great to see what she turns her formidable mind to next!

I really like this book, it’s very interesting to read, and based on content alone I would give this 5 stars. However when it was packaged part of the front cover and pages must have been bent, and now there is a fold mark visible despite trying to weight it back into place. It’s only a cosmetic issue, but as someone who trys to keep all books in top condition, it does bother me.

Fascinating and compelling, a glimpse into the lives of 15\16c people, their beliefs and the horrendous treatment of poor people who had no one to defend them. Real history and real people brought to life

Tracy's book is as much about poverty as witchcraft, for the suffering of women often brought them to severe mental illness, when they needed charity not malice. Many were cold-bloodedly murdered, with full sanction of the state. Such a book does make one realise how lucky we are to live in more enlightened times, although we are not entirely out of the wood, for many recent events prove that fanaticism is not dead, and that horror gets ever nearer. Tracy's book teaches us never to glamorize history, for superstition was a pervasive killer; and no less a person that King James was a rabid, merciless witch-hunter. Her book is a historical horror: read once, and never forgotten. Recommended.

I only started this book a couple of days ago and have already become totally absorbed in the astonishing tale of witchcraft and its implications for women both in the UK and Europe not forgetting of course the persecution of these poor women in Salem in the United States. Despite the fact that I am only half way through I ordered two more copies this morning for Christmas presents. Bravo Dr Borman.