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 witches named in the book were real enough, if not as witches then as people. 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. (Summary by Andy Minter)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction Ch. 1 - The Beacon on Pendle Hill
37:04 - Chapter 2
Introduction Ch. 2 - The Eruption
16:29 - Chapter 3
Introduction Ch. 3 - Whalley Abbey
29:48 - Chapter 4
Introduction Ch. 4 - The Malediction
17:03 - Chapter 5
Introduction Ch. 5 - The Midnight Mass
17:45 - Chapter 6
Introduction Ch. 6 - Teter Et Fortis Carcer
20:37 - Chapter 7
Introduction Ch. 7 - The Abbey Mill
27:24 - Chapter 8
Introduction Ch. 8 - The Executioner
13:27 - Chapter 9
Introduction Ch. 9 - Wiswall Hall
10:25 - Chapter 10
Introduction Ch. 10 - The Holehouses
10:46 - Chapter 11
Book 1 Ch. 1 - The May Queen
27:29 - Chapter 12
Book 1 Ch. 2 - The Black Cat And The White Dove
14:54 - Chapter 13
Book 1 Ch. 3 - The Asshetons
41:17 - Chapter 14
Book 1 Ch. 4 - Alice Nutter
32:37 - Chapter 15
Book 1 Ch. 5 - Mother Chattox
49:30 - Chapter 16
Book 1 Ch. 6 - The Ordeal By Swimming
29:36 - Chapter 17
Book 1 Ch. 7 - The Ruined Conventual Church
1:02:33 - Chapter 18
Book 1 Ch. 8 - The Revelation
29:42 - Chapter 19
Book 1 Ch. 9 - The Two Portraits In The Banqueting-Hall Part 1
45:26 - Chapter 20
Book 1 Ch. 9 - The Two Portraits In The Banqueting-Hall Part 2
47:11 - Chapter 21
Book 1 Ch. 10 - The Nocturnal Meeting
54:51 - Chapter 22
Book 2 Ch. 1 - Flint
31:35 - Chapter 23
Book 2 Ch. 2 - Read Hall
17:29 - Chapter 24
Book 2 Ch. 3 - The Boggart's Glen
18:34 - Chapter 25
Book 2 Ch. 4 - The Reeve Of The Forest
21:52 - Chapter 26
Book 2 Ch. 5 - Bess's O' Th' Booth
30:25 - Chapter 27
Book 2 Ch. 6 - The Temptation
31:40 - Chapter 28
Book 2 Ch. 7 - The Perambulation Of The Boundaries
46:51 - Chapter 29
Book 2 Ch. 8 - Rough Lee
26:51 - Chapter 30
Book 2 Ch. 9 - How Rough Lee Was Defended By Nicholas
26:48 - Chapter 31
Book 2 Ch. 10 - Roger Nowell And His Double
19:12 - Chapter 32
Book 2 Ch. 11 - Mother Demdike
29:34 - Chapter 33
Book 2 Ch. 12 - The Mysteries Of Malkin Tower
26:26 - Chapter 34
Book 2 Ch. 13 - The Two Familiars
49:46 - Chapter 35
Book 2 Ch. 14 - How Rough Lee Was Again Besieged
25:56 - Chapter 36
Book 2 Ch. 15 - The Phantom Monk
16:43 - Chapter 37
Book 2 Ch. 16 - One O'clock!
33:26 - Chapter 38
Book 2 Ch. 17 - How The Beacon Fire Was Extinguished
25:38 - Chapter 39
Book 3 Ch. 1 - Downham Manor-House
1:04:54 - Chapter 40
Book 3 Ch. 2 - The Penitent's Retreat
13:27 - Chapter 41
Book 3 Ch. 3 - Middleton Hall
28:53 - Chapter 42
Book 3 Ch. 4 - The Gorge Of Cliviger
24:51 - Chapter 43
Book 3 Ch. 5 - The End Of Malkin Tower
31:50 - Chapter 44
Book 3 Ch. 6 - Hoghton Tower
54:35 - Chapter 45
Book 3 Ch. 7 - The Royal Declaration Concerning Lawful Sports On The Sunday
30:38 - Chapter 46
Book 3 Ch. 8 - How King James Hunted The Hart And The Wild-Boar In Hoghton Park
38:04 - Chapter 47
Book 3 Ch. 9 - The Banquet
27:19 - Chapter 48
Book 3 Ch. 10 - Evening Entertainments
28:22 - Chapter 49
Book 3 Ch. 11 - Fatality
14:18 - Chapter 50
Book 3 Ch. 12 - The Last Hour
17:02 - Chapter 51
Book 3 Ch. 13 - The Masque Of Death
13:11 - Chapter 52
Book 3 Ch. 14 - "One Grave"
04:43 - Chapter 53
Book 3 Ch. 15 - Lancaster Castle
06:56