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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lancashire Witches is novel based on the true story of the Pendle witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm by witchcraft. The story begins against the backdrop of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace, an uprising by northern Catholics against the English Reformation instituted by King Henry VIII. John Paslew, Abbot of Whalley tries to organize his forces in preparation for joining the main body of the rebel army, but he collides with Nicholas Demdike, known as the husband of a notorious witch. Demdike foretells the death of abbot, but claims that he can help him if he baptizes Demdike's daughter. The abbot declines, cursing the child to be a witch and the mother of witches. Following story is based largely on the official account of the Lancashire witch trials.
Author : Robert Poole
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847795498
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire witches written by Robert Poole and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire. The book has equal appeal across the disciplines of both History and English Literature/Renaissance Studies, with essays by the leading experts in both fields. Includes helpful summaries to explain the key points of each essay. Brings the subject up-to-date with a study of modern Wicca and paganism, including present-day Lancashire witches. Quite simply, this is the most comprehensive study of any English witch trial.
Author : William Ainsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781545503164
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lancashire Witches is a historical novel written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published in 1848. The book is based on the true story of the Pendle witches and is considered by many to be Ainsworth's greatest work.William Harrison Ainsworth was an English author best known for his historical novels. Ainsworth was a prolific writer and novels such as Rookwood, The Windsor Castle, and The Lancashire Witches are still popular today.
Author : Thomas Potts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster written by Thomas Potts and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547488483
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Daughters of the Witching Hill written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Dark Lady, a novel of England’s trial of the Pendle witches of 1612 and a family struggling to survive the hysteria. Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic. When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights. This e-book includes a sample chapter of Illuminations. “Daughters of the Witching Hill offers a fresh approach with witches who believe in their own power and yet, in many ways, are still innocent. Sharratt’s readers—like the magistrate who took the women’s confessions—are likely to be spellbound by their stories.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Full of the reality of the day, this story is stark and real, but Sharratt’s descriptions of landscape and the daily life of the poor at the time are rich enough to feed the senses. The author weaves this vast canvas of changing culture into the personal stories of these women, and in the process transports us to a distant land, a distant time—and deep into the story of people we sympathize with and care about.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Author : Joyce Froome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781874181620
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (816 download)
Download or read book Wicked Enchantments written by Joyce Froome and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pendle witchcraft case is a compelling human story, and also provides a dramatic insight into the importance of magic in the lives of our ancestors.
Author : Jeanette Winterson
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802193021
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Daylight Gate written by Jeanette Winterson and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A gripping and grisly gothic tale” of Alice Nutter and the 17th century Pendle witch hunt by the Whitbread Award-winning author of The Passion (The Guardian, UK). England, 1612. Less than a decade after the infamous Gunpowder Plot nearly took his life, King James I is paranoid about conspirators and obsessed with heresy. Across the country, laws against Catholicism and witchery are fanatically enforced. On Good Friday, deep in the woods of Pendle Hill, a gathering of thirteen is interrupted by the local magistrate. Two of their coven have already been imprisoned for witchcraft and are awaiting trial, but those who remain are vouched for by the wealthy and respected Alice Nutter. Shrouded in mystery and gifted with eternally youthful beauty, Alice is established in Lancashire society and insulated by her fortune. As those accused of witchcraft retreat into darkness, Alice stands alone as a realm-crosser, a conjurer of powers that will either destroy her or set her free.
Author : Jonathan Lumby
Publisher : Carnegie Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witch Craze written by Jonathan Lumby and published by Carnegie Pub.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestseller presents a remarkable series of new insights into the Lancashire Witch Craze. By placing the events in their wider European context, it explains far more satisfactorily than ever before exactly why these disturbing events occurred.
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches (Historical Novel) written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is based on the true story of the Pendle witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm by witchcraft. The story begins against the backdrop of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace, an uprising by northern Catholics against the English Reformation instituted by King Henry VIII. John Paslew, Abbot of Whalley tries to organize his forces in preparation for joining the main body of the rebel army, but he collides with Nicholas Demdike, known as the husband of a notorious witch. Demdike foretells the death of abbot, but claims that he can help him if he baptizes Demdike's daughter. The abbot declines, cursing the child to be a witch and the mother of witches. Following story is based largely on the official account of the Lancashire witch trials.
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266446521
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest The beacon, near which the watchers stood, consisted of a vast pile of logs Of timber, heaped upon a circular range of stones, with openings to admit air, and having the centre filled with fagots, and other quickly combustible materials. Torches were placed near at hand, so that the pile could be lighted on the instant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340610647
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406505641
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pen written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel concerning witches and the supernatural from the 19th Century British historical novelist renowned for creating striking situations and powerful descriptions.
Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355048220
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (482 download)
Download or read book The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest; written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Thomas Potts
Publisher : Carnegie Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781874181781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster written by Thomas Potts and published by Carnegie Pub.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Potts' famous account of the Pendle witch trials of 1612 is the only original source of information about the events, and in this new version historian Robert Poole makes the text accessible and usable for 21st-century readers.
Author : Stacey Halls
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488035024
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Familiars written by Stacey Halls and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women, witchcraft and the fight against power is a delight.” —Jessie Burton, New York Times–bestselling author In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch . . . But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all. Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill’s Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this pregnancy. Devastated, Fleetwood wanders the estate grounds, where she catches a young woman poaching. Alice Gray claims she is a local midwife and promises to help Fleetwood deliver a healthy baby. But a witch-obsessed frenzy sweeps the countryside. Even woodland creatures or “familiars” are thought to be dark companions of the unholy. And Alice soon stands accused of witchcraft. Time is running out. The witch trials are about to begin. With both their lives at stake, Fleetwood must prove Alice’s innocence. Only they know the truth. Set against the real Pendle witch trials, this compelling novel draws its characters from historical figures as it explores the lives of seventeenth-century women. Ultimately it raises the question: Was witch hunting really just women hunting? “A rich and atmospheric reimagining of a historical period rife with religious tensions, superstitions, misogyny and fear.” —The New York Times Book Review “An intricate and sensitive portrayal of a brave, tenacious young girl carving her place in the world. A must-read novel.” —Heather Morris, #1 New York Times–bestselling author
