Ainsworth, William Harrison,  1805-1882 <br/><br/>
The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Witches  Release date is 2005-03-29 
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<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Witches -- Fiction Lancashire (England) -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR