Witches

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 *
Moving and spirited. – Anne Somerset * Literary Review *
Excellent. – Thomas Quinn * Big Issue *
Borman provides a fascinating account of the circumstances surrounding the case. – Amanda Foreman * Mail on Sunday *
This is an entertaining piece of research that brings back to life three women who had the misfortune to live during a period that was terrified of the unknown and sought to tame that fear by turning it into a handful of dust. – Robert Douglas-Fairhurst * Telegraph *
As a work on the horrific treatment of witches throughout history, in particular the 16th and 17th centuries, it is shocking and illuminating. – Caroline Jowett * Scottish Daily Express *

Tracy Borman studied and taught history at the University of Hull and was awarded a PhD in 1997. She went on to a successful career in heritage, and is now Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust and interim Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Tracy is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books, including Matilda- Queen of the Conqueror and Elizabeth’s Women, which was Book of the Week on Radio 4. She regularly appears on television and radio, and is a contributor to BBC History Magazine. Tracy gives public talks and lectures across the country on a wide range of subjects. She lives in Surrey with her daughter.

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