The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
"The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel published in 1849. Based on the true story of the Pendle witches executed in 1612, the tale weaves together the dark history of witchcraft accusations with the turbulent backdrop of Henry VIII's English Reformation. When Abbot John Paslew refuses a mysterious man's demand to baptize his infant daughter, he unleashes a curse that echoes across generations,
binding together religious upheaval, demonic bargains, and the tragic fate of families accused of witchcraft. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 |
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| Illustrator | Gilbert, John, 1817-1897 |
| Title | The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Witches |
| Credits |
Produced by Clare Boothby, Jon King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Witches -- Fiction |
| Subject | Lancashire (England) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 15493 |
| Release Date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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