witches a tale of sorcery scandal and seduction

Includes bibliographical references and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:06:37 Autocrop_version 0.0.9_books-20210916-0.1 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA40415217 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 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.'-Publisher's description But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. Like those other cases, it is a tale of superstition, the darkest limits of the human imagination and, ultimately, injustice - a reminder of how paranoia and hysteria can create an environment in which nonconformism spells death. 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. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of England's oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. And so the Earl of Rutland's sons will not be the last to die. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive.

Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. His body is 'tormented' with violent convulsions. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill.

Witches a tale of sorcery scandal and seduction