Witches - Tracy Borman

September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is 'tormented' with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death, and soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last of the male 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. Yet this is not a typical case of paranoia or hysteria: the most powerful and Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court has a vested interest in events at Belvoir, and he masterminds a conspiracy that will remain hidden for centuries...