UK reviews of ”Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction’ by Tracy Borman have started appearing:
Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction by Tracy Borman – review by Bella Bathurst
‘Witches is being sold as an account of the Belvoir scandals, but in truth, 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.’
The Observer, 25 August 2013
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Book review: Witches: A Tale Of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction – Review by Caroline Jowett
‘As a work on the horrific treatment of witches throughout history, in particular the 16th and 17th centuries, it is shocking and illuminating.’
The Express, 23 August 2013
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Witches by Tracy Borman – Review by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
‘…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.’
The Daily Telegraph, 20 August 2013.
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Witches Review – The Daily Telegraph
Devilish practices in cunning disguise’ by John Carey
‘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 combines it with a panoramic survey of the witch craze that swept through Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
…The only surviving record is a single unreliable pamphlet, published after their execution, and it needs all Borman’s skill and knowledge to make it into a coherent story.’
The Culture (The Sunday Times), 11th August 2013, p. 32-33
