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The Lancashire Witches
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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Total running time: 25:13:43
Read by Andy Minter
In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Ans Wink
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Gesine
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- 010 – Bk 0 Ch 1 The Beacon on Pendle Hill – 00:37:04
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[ogg vorbis - 24MB] - 020 – Bk 0 Ch 2 The Eruption – 00:16:29
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 030 – Bk 0 Ch 3 Whalley Abbey – 00:29:48
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[ogg vorbis - 19MB] - 040 – Bk 0 Ch 4 The Malediction – 00:17:03
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 060 – Bk 0 Ch 6 Teter et Fortis Carcer – 00:20:37
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 070 – Bk 0 Ch 7 The Abbey Mill – 00:27:24
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[ogg vorbis - 18MB] - 080 – Bk 0 Ch 8 The Executioner – 00:13:27
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[ogg vorbis - 6.67MB] - 100 – Bk 0 Ch 10 The Holehouses – 00:10:46
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[ogg vorbis - 6.95MB] - 110 – Bk 1 Ch 1 The May Queen – 00:27:29
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[ogg vorbis - 18MB] - 120 – Bk 1 Ch 2 The Black Cat and the White Dove – 00:14:54
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[ogg vorbis - 9.71MB] - 130 – Bk 1 Ch 3 The Asshetons – 00:41:17
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[ogg vorbis - 27MB] - 140 – Bk 1 Ch 4 Alice Nutter – 00:32:37
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[ogg vorbis - 21MB] - 150 – Bk 1 Ch 5 Mother Chattox – 00:49:30
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[ogg vorbis - 32MB] - 160 – Bk 1 Ch 6 The Ordeal by Swimming – 00:29:36
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[ogg vorbis - 31MB] - 200 – Bk 1 Ch 10 The Nocturnal Meeting – 00:54:51
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[ogg vorbis - 34MB] - 210 – Bk 2 Ch 1 Flint – 00:31:35
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[ogg vorbis - 20MB] - 220 – Bk 2 Ch 2 Read Hall – 00:17:29
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 230 – Bk 2 Ch 3 The Boggart’s Glen – 00:18:34
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 240 – Bk 2 Ch 4 The Reeve of the Forest – 00:21:52
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[ogg vorbis - 14MB] - 250 – Bk 2 Ch 5 Bess’s O’ Th’ Booth – 00:30:25
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[ogg vorbis - 20MB] - 260 – Bk 2 Ch 6 The Temptation – 00:31:40
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 270 – Bk 2 Ch 7 The Perambulation of the Boundaries – 00:46:51
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[ogg vorbis - 30MB] - 280 – Bk 2 Ch 8 Rough Lee – 00:26:51
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 290 – Bk 2 Ch 9 How Rough Lee Was Defended by Nicholas – 00:26:48
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 300 – Bk 2 Ch 10 Roger Nowell and his Double – 00:19:12
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 310 – Bk 2 Ch 11 Mother Demdike – 00:29:34
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[ogg vorbis - 19MB] - 320 – Bk 2 Ch 12 The Mysteries of Malkin Tower – 00:26:26
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 330 – Bk 2 Ch 13 The Two Familiars – 00:49:46
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[ogg vorbis - 32MB] - 340 – Bk 2 Ch 14 How Rough Lee was Again Besieged – 00:25:56
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 350 – Bk 2 Ch 15 The Phantom Monk – 00:16:43
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 360 – Bk 2 Ch 16 One O’Clock – 00:33:26
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[ogg vorbis - 22MB] - 370 – Bk 2 Ch 17 How the Beacon Fire was Extinguished – 00:25:38
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[ogg vorbis - 43MB] - 390 – Bk 3 Ch 2 The Penitent’s Retreat – 00:13:27
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[ogg vorbis - 21MB] - 430 – Bk 3 Ch 6 Hoghton Tower – 00:54:35
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[ogg vorbis - 36MB] - 440 – Bk 3 Ch 7 The King’s Declaration Concerning Lawful Sports on the Sunday – 00:30:38
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[ogg vorbis - 24MB] - 460 – Bk 3 Ch 9 The Banquet – 00:27:19
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[ogg vorbis - 18MB] - 470 – Bk 3 Ch 10 Evening Entertainments – 00:28:22
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[ogg vorbis - 18MB] - 480 – Bk 3 Ch 11 Fatality – 00:14:18
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[ogg vorbis - 7.62MB] - 490 – Bk 3 Ch 12 The Last Hour – 00:17:02
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 500 – Bk 3 Ch 13 The Masque of Death – 00:13:11
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[ogg vorbis - 8.61MB] - 510 – Bk 3 Ch 14 One Grave – 00:04:43
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[ogg vorbis - 3.09MB] - 520 – Bk 3 Ch 15 Lancaster Castle – 00:06:56
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Cataloged on November 12, 2009
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