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Witches

By: Tracy Borman
Narrated by: Maggie Mash
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September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of Rutland's sons will not be the last to die.

©2013 Tracy Borman (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Europe Historical Fiction Fiction Magic Witchcraft Magic Users Thought-Provoking England
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"Borman has expertly forged an absorbing biography from fragments of her personal history" ( Independent on Matilda)
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A bit of history I was aware happened but this book expanded my knowledge. My only niggle was that several quotations and facts were repeated and so I became frustrated on occasions. But generally an informative listen, not too heavy.

Interesting

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Compelling story but always extremely grating when the narrator doesn't just do voices but does national accents as well. Feels about as sensitive as 'Allo 'Allo...

The voices!

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listen about witches it has me hooked from the start to the very end. The narrator was very good.

A fascinating....

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Tracy Borman's reputation is enhanced by this really in depth treatise on the Belvoir witches. I learned much about the history of witchcraft in England that was new to me and very thought provoking. Using the story of the Belvoir witches as an exemplar is a crafty way of telling the whole story without confounding the listener with too much detail. It is a shame that Maggie Mash wasn't really up to the task of reading the text. It would have been much better to have just read it, rather that putting on the phoney voices for anything in quotation marks. I found this quite distracting.

A great story spoiled by a poor narration.

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The book itself is fantastic and incredibly interesting. However, the narrator (Maggie Mash), has an odd habit of reading quotes in a weird and croaky voice... No matter whom she is pertaining to be - a judge, aristocrat, farmer, housewife or servant - she reads as if they have some sort of demented laryngitis that comes across as childish and ridiculous at times which is incredibly frustrating and off putting; not to mention that it undermines the academic value of this awesome book.

Brilliant Book, Irritating Narration

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