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The Lancashire Witches

The worldwide persecution of alleged witches in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has been a source of inspiration for many writers and artists. This fictionalized take on the well-publicized case of the Pendle witches of the Lancashire area in England lays bare the intrigue surrounding the case, as well as the remarkable hypocrisy and unfairness of the officials who were responsible for executing 10 men and women on spurious charges of dabbling in the occult.

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  • "When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses Demdike's offspring -- who become the titular "Lancashire Witches." Years later, Mother Demdike, a powerful witch, and her clan face rival witches, raise Alizon Devi as their own, and try to corrupt Alizon despite her innocent ways. Ultimately, the story becomes a struggle between Heaven and Hell, with Alizon's fate hanging in the balance."
  • "The worldwide persecution of alleged witches in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has been a source of inspiration for many writers and artists. This fictionalized take on the well-publicized case of the Pendle witches of the Lancashire area in England lays bare the intrigue surrounding the case, as well as the remarkable hypocrisy and unfairness of the officials who were responsible for executing 10 men and women on spurious charges of dabbling in the occult."@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Years later, granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses Demdike's offspring -- who become the titular "Lancashire Witches." The rest of the book set in the 17th century. Mother Demdike, a powerful witch, and her clan face rival witches, raise innocent young Alizon Devi as their own, and try to corrupt Alizon despite her innocent ways. Ultimately, the book becomes a struggle between Heaven and Hell, with Alizon's fate hanging in the balance."@en

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  • "fiction"@en
  • "Occult fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Ghost stories"
  • "History"@en
  • "Gothic fiction"
  • "Gothic fiction"@en

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  • "The Lancashire Witches"
  • "The Lancashire Witches"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches; a romance of Pendle forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches a romance of Pendle forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches a romance of Pendle forest"@en
  • "Lancashire witches"
  • "Lancashire witches"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of pendle forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of pendle forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches A romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches a romance of Pendle Forest. In three volumes"
  • "The Lancashire witches : by William Harrison Ainsworth"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches, a romance of Pendle forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches, a romance of Pendle forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of pendle forest; With Illustr. by John Gilbert"
  • "The Lancashire witches; a romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches. Nelson"
  • "Lancashire witches, a romance of pendle forest"@en
  • "Lancashire witches. a novel"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle Forset"@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "Lancashire witches : a romance of pendle forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches a romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches [Vol. 2]"
  • "The Lancashire witches"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches"
  • "The Lancashire Witches a romance of Pendle Forest ; in 2 vols"
  • "The lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle Forest. Illustr. with plates by George Cruikshank, H.K. Browne, and Sir John Gilbert"
  • "The Lancashire Witches. A novel"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches, by William Harrison Ainsworth"
  • "The Lancashire witches. : A romance of Pendle Forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle forest : in two volumes"
  • "The Lancashire witches, a romance of Pendle Forest With illus. by Sir John Gilbert"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches. An historical romance"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches. A romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches ... Condensed and translated by Irene Pollitt, etc"@en
  • "Lancashire Witches"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle forest"
  • "The Lancashire Witches : a romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches : a romance of Pendle Forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches : A romance of Pendle Forest. With illustr. by Sir John Gilbert"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a novel"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches, a romance of Pendle Forest. With illus. by Sir John Gilbert"@en
  • "The Lancashire Witches a romance of Pendle Forest ; in two vol"
  • "The Lancashire Witches a Romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle Forest"
  • "The Lancashire witches : a romance of Pendle Forest"@en
  • "THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES"@en
  • "[The Lancashire Witches. A novel.]"@en
  • "[The Lancashire Witches. A novel.]"

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