WITCHES: JAMES I/ ENGLISH WITCH HUNTS (BELVOIR) (PB)

Located in Leicestershire, Belvoir Castle is one of England's oldest and most spectacular castles. In September 1613, the heir of one of England’s great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill, his body ‘tormented’ with violent convulsions and within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms and it is said witches are to blame. But as Tracy Borman reveals, the events can’t be attributed to superstition alone. The most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir and he would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.