The Lancashire Witches
A hundred years ago, churchmen in Lancashire set upon one another -- one sold his soul to the devil, and used his unfathomable power to send his rival to the gallows. The man he condemned died cursing him and his children . . . and those children became "The Lancashire Witches." Mother Demdike --...
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A hundred years ago, churchmen in Lancashire set upon one another -- one sold his soul to the devil, and used his unfathomable power to send his rival to the gallows. The man he condemned died cursing him and his children . . . and those children became "The Lancashire Witches." Mother Demdike -- the crone who was the child of the man who sold his soul to the devil -- has
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781598183344 (1598183346)
Publisher: Aegypan
Pages no: 548
Edition language: English
[These notes were made in 1984. I read this title in the undated but definitely 19th-century "Edition de Luxe" published by G.H. Howell:]. From the frequency with which I see its title, I think this must have been one of Ainsworth's more popular works, and indeed, in terms of a working narrative, it...
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