‘s forty novels that has remained continuously in print since its first publication. (Summary by Andy Minter)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover, or other languages or formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox. T he Lancashire Witches is the only one of William Harrison Ainsworth English historical novelist, at one time considered a rival to Charles Dickens. Ainsworth, in his story brings in the dissolution of Whalley Abbey and the historic families of Assheton, Braddyll and Nowell and takes us through to the final trial and execution at Lancaster Castle in 1612.
The witches named in the book were real enough, if not as witches then as people. The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, together with others terrorised the district of Lancashire around Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland during the early seventeenth century. The Lancashire Witches is a historical novel is based on the true story of the Pendle witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm by witchcraft.
LibriVox recording of The Lancashire Witches, by Harrison Ainsworth.
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