The Ainsworth, William Harrison 1805-1882 creator Gilbert, John 1817-1897 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Witches Release date is 2005-03-29 Produced by Clare Boothby, Jon King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Original publication data not identified Witches -- Fiction Lancashire (England) -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15493 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15493 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133349.0 15493