Die zwölf Angeklagten, die in der Gegend um den Pendle Hill in der Grafschaft Lancashire lebten, wurden der Ausführung von zehn Morden beschuldigt. Eine Person starb in der Haft, den anderen - neun Frauen und zwei Männern - wurde in Lancaster und einer Angeklagten am 27. Juli 1612 in York der Prozess gemacht. Das Assisengericht in Lancaster vom 18./19. August 1612 verhandelte dabei mehrere Hexenprozesse, welche heute als Hexenprozesse von Lancashire bekannt sind. Zehn der Angeklagten aus Pendle Hill wurden für schuldig befunden und am Strang hingerichtet, eine Person freigesprochen.Die...

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Windsor Castle is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods. When Henry VIII decides to replace Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife, some of the individuals close to the Court oppose Henry and his desires for Boleyn. One of them is Thomas Wyat who wants Boleyn for himself. Other is Cardinal Wolsey, who also opposes the marriage and uses his own daughter, Mabel Lyndwood, to lure Henry away from Boleyn. Eventually, Wolsey...

Cruikshank's Water Colours is a book by Charles Dickens. Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator whose work reached international audiences, here meticulously analyzed.

"The Tower of London" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical romance novel that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey from her short-lived time as Queen of England to her execution. The narrative starts with Lady Jane Grey, wife of Guilford Dudley and daughter-in-law to the Duke of Northumberland. She entered the Tower of London on 10 July 1553. Soon after, Mary I was able to take control of England and sent the Duke to be executed. Dudley, to gain back the kingdom, formed a rebellion, which resulted in failure and the imprisonment of both himself and his wife. Lady Jane awaits her...

"Preston Fight" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel. The story revolves around the Jacobite insurrection and the invasion of Preston. The book is considered to be one of the Lancashire novels by the author. The siege of Preston occurred in 1715 when a group of approximately 4,000 Jacobite rebels recently relocated into Lancashire. The government troops sent out to confront them attempted to surround those in the village of Preston. Whilst being taken aback by government attacks, the rebels were asked to give up, and most were translocated to the Americas.

The Lancashire Witches is novel based on the true story of the Pendle witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm by witchcraft. The story begins against the backdrop of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace, an uprising by northern Catholics against the English Reformation instituted by King Henry VIII. John Paslew, Abbot of Whalley tries to organize his forces in preparation for joining the main body of the rebel army, but he collides with Nicholas Demdike, known as the husband of a notorious witch. Demdike foretells the death of abbot, but claims that he can help him if he baptizes...

Cardinal Pole is a historical romance based around the marriage between King Philip of Spain and Queen Mary Tudor of England. After Mary, the eldest daughter of Henry VIII., sat on the throne, Emperor Charles V was determined to marry her to his son Philip. Things move forward, but Mary remained desperate for the love of Philip, who was eleven years younger than her and was a womanizer. There is more to the novel than the two historical figures. It contains Catholic bishops who took the lead in the oppression of the Protestants and the historical Protestant clergy who suffered. In the...

Guy Fawkes is a historical novel based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The story starts in summer 1605 with the execution of Catholic priests in Manchester. During the execution, Elizabeth Orton madly raves before being chased by an officer overseeing the execution. To avoid capture, she leaps into the River Irwell. She is pulled up by Humphrey Chetham and Guy Fawkes. After she is brought out of the water, she predicts that both men will be executed before she dies. Chetham and Fawkes join the plot through Viviana Radcliffe, daughter...

Old St Paul's is a historical novel that describes the events of the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London. The story spreads between April 1665 and September 1666 and details the events of the grocer Stephen Bloundel's life. His daughter Amabel is wooed by Leonard Holt, the grocer's apprentice, while she in turn pursues Maurice Wyvil. This happens while a plague hits London, and St Paul's Cathedral is turned into a place to house the sick. During the plague, London is filled with plague victims while many people go around killing and robbing the sick. Bloundel seals his house...