Royal Witches Av Gemma Hollman

<p><strong><em>‘An important and timely book’</em></strong> – Philippa Gregory</p><p><strong><em>‘Poignant, unique and thought-provoking’</em></strong> – <em>All About History</em></p><p><strong>‘</strong><em>This introduces new readers, in the most accessible and colourful way, to a group of royal women who certainly deserve more public notice than they have hitherto received</em><strong>’</strong> – Professor Ronald Hutton, author of <em>The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present</em></p><p><strong>Joan of Navarre</strong> was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless.</p><p><strong>Eleanor Cobham</strong> was the wife of a weak king’s uncle – and her husband was about to fall from grace.</p><p><strong>Jacquetta Woodville</strong> was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge.</p><p><strong>Elizabeth Woodville</strong> was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children’s lives.</p><p>Often seen as the more easily manipulated pieces on the political chessboard, women – especially those with power or influence – were often subjected to rumour, scandal and intrigue directed by the men who sought to control them. In <em>Royal Witches</em>, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in an era when superstition and suspicion was rife.</p>