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)
Chapters
1 Introduction Ch. 1 - The Beacon on Pendle Hill 37 min 2 Introduction Ch. 2 - The Eruption 16 min 3 Introduction Ch. 3 - Whalley Abbey 30 min 4 Introduction Ch. 4 - The Malediction 17 min 5 Introduction Ch. 5 - The Midnight Mass 18 min 6 Introduction Ch. 6 - Teter Et Fortis Carcer 21 min 7 Introduction Ch. 7 - The Abbey Mill 27 min 8 Introduction Ch. 8 - The Executioner 13 min 9 Introduction Ch. 9 - Wiswall Hall 10 min 10 Introduction Ch. 10 - The Holehouses 11 min 11 Book 1 Ch. 1 - The May Queen 27 min 12 Book 1 Ch. 2 - The Black Cat And The White Dove 15 min 13 Book 1 Ch. 3 - The Asshetons 41 min 14 Book 1 Ch. 4 - Alice Nutter 33 min 15 Book 1 Ch. 5 - Mother Chattox 50 min 16 Book 1 Ch. 6 - The Ordeal By Swimming 30 min 17 Book 1 Ch. 7 - The Ruined Conventual Church 1 h 3 min 18 Book 1 Ch. 8 - The Revelation 30 min 19 Book 1 Ch. 9 - The Two Portraits In The Banqueting-Hall Part 1 45 min 20 Book 1 Ch. 9 - The Two Portraits In The Banqueting-Hall Part 2 47 min 21 Book 1 Ch. 10 - The Nocturnal Meeting 55 min 22 Book 2 Ch. 1 - Flint 32 min 23 Book 2 Ch. 2 - Read Hall 17 min 24 Book 2 Ch. 3 - The Boggart's Glen 19 min 25 Book 2 Ch. 4 - The Reeve Of The Forest 22 min 26 Book 2 Ch. 5 - Bess's O' Th' Booth 30 min 27 Book 2 Ch. 6 - The Temptation 32 min 28 Book 2 Ch. 7 - The Perambulation Of The Boundaries 47 min 29 Book 2 Ch. 8 - Rough Lee 27 min 30 Book 2 Ch. 9 - How Rough Lee Was Defended By Nicholas 27 min 31 Book 2 Ch. 10 - Roger Nowell And His Double 19 min 32 Book 2 Ch. 11 - Mother Demdike 30 min 33 Book 2 Ch. 12 - The Mysteries Of Malkin Tower 26 min 34 Book 2 Ch. 13 - The Two Familiars 50 min 35 Book 2 Ch. 14 - How Rough Lee Was Again Besieged 26 min 36 Book 2 Ch. 15 - The Phantom Monk 17 min 37 Book 2 Ch. 16 - One O'clock! 33 min 38 Book 2 Ch. 17 - How The Beacon Fire Was Extinguished 26 min 39 Book 3 Ch. 1 - Downham Manor-House 1 h 5 min 40 Book 3 Ch. 2 - The Penitent's Retreat 13 min 41 Book 3 Ch. 3 - Middleton Hall 29 min 42 Book 3 Ch. 4 - The Gorge Of Cliviger 25 min 43 Book 3 Ch. 5 - The End Of Malkin Tower 32 min 44 Book 3 Ch. 6 - Hoghton Tower 55 min 45 Book 3 Ch. 7 - The Royal Declaration Concerning Lawful Sports On The Sunday 31 min 46 Book 3 Ch. 8 - How King James Hunted The Hart And The Wild-Boar In Hoghton Park 38 min 47 Book 3 Ch. 9 - The Banquet 27 min 48 Book 3 Ch. 10 - Evening Entertainments 28 min 49 Book 3 Ch. 11 - Fatality 14 min 50 Book 3 Ch. 12 - The Last Hour 17 min 51 Book 3 Ch. 13 - The Masque Of Death 13 min 52 Book 3 Ch. 14 - "One Grave" 5 min 53 Book 3 Ch. 15 - Lancaster Castle 7 min
