Witchcraft and folk magic

The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest

by William Harrison Ainsworth & John Gilbert (Illustrator)

First published: Date unknown
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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"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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