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A tantalising history... A panoramic survey of the witch craze that swept through Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. -- John Carey * Sunday Times * 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 * Spellbinding * Daily Telegraph * 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 * 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 *

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 *

Borman provides a fascinating account of the circumstances surrounding the case. -- Amanda Foreman Mail on Sunday Moving and spirited. -- Anne Somerset Literary Review A tantalising history... A panoramic survey of the witch craze that swept through Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. -- John Carey Sunday Times On March 11, 1619, in the city of Lincoln two sisters, Margaret and Phillipa Flower, were hanged for witchcraft. Tracy -Borman's new book investigates their tragedy and traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of England's oldest and most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The Beat That My Heart Skipped Excellent. -- Thomas Quinn Big Issue

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 *

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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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