The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest
by William Harrison Ainsworth · 1849
Horror · ranked #31 in category
The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Pasle
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