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The Lancashire Witches (Summarized Edition). Enriched edition. Pendle witch trials, faith and fear collide in 17th-century Northern England's dark tale of Catholic uprising, superstition, survival
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- Nombre de pages192
- FormatePub
- ISBN859-65--4788340-1
- EAN8596547883401
- Date de parution10/01/2026
- Protection num.Digital Watermarking
- Taille922 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurQUICKIE CLASSICS
Résumé
The Lancashire Witches fuses meticulous regional realism with Gothic romance to reanimate the Pendle trials. A Tudor prologue at Whalley Abbey foreshadows the 1612 prosecutions, as Ainsworth braids Potts's Wonderfull Discoverie with ballad-like narration, dialect, and vivid topography. Courtroom scenes, village customs, and equivocal marvels sit side by side, producing a historical novel in the Scott tradition yet distinctly Victorian in its sensational pace and skepticism toward persecuting zeal.
Manchester-born in 1805, Ainsworth united a native feel for Lancashire speech with a journalist's archival appetite. The author of Rookwood, Jack Sheppard, and The Tower of London, he read Potts, parish records, and local histories, then walked the Pendle country he described. Debate over his "Newgate" tales honed his interest in punishment and spectacle, informing a narrative where law, rumor, and religious faction collide.
Readers of historical fiction, legal history, and witchcraft studies will value this novel's learned scaffolding and storytelling verve. Choose The Lancashire Witches for its living landscapes, responsible use of sources, and timely meditation on credulity, authority, and the stories communities tell to police belief. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted.
Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Manchester-born in 1805, Ainsworth united a native feel for Lancashire speech with a journalist's archival appetite. The author of Rookwood, Jack Sheppard, and The Tower of London, he read Potts, parish records, and local histories, then walked the Pendle country he described. Debate over his "Newgate" tales honed his interest in punishment and spectacle, informing a narrative where law, rumor, and religious faction collide.
Readers of historical fiction, legal history, and witchcraft studies will value this novel's learned scaffolding and storytelling verve. Choose The Lancashire Witches for its living landscapes, responsible use of sources, and timely meditation on credulity, authority, and the stories communities tell to police belief. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted.
Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
