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Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
Written by Gemma Hollman
Narrated by Heather Wilds
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This story of four royal women, their lives intertwined by family and bound by persecution, unravels the history of witchcraft in fifteenth-century England.
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Gemma Hollman
Gemma Hollman received her master's degree in medieval history from the University of York. She oversees the Just History Posts blog and Twitter account and her work has appeared in the British Numismatic Journal. She currently resides in Hertfordshire, England.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The narration is too quirky and over dramatic. The cadence and emphasis on certain words reminds me of the quality of overacting you might see at an amusement park.
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