William Harrison Ainsworth

The Lancashire Witches


Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, t…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009


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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 01


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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Windsor Castle, Book 1


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Book 1 - Anne Boleyn. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as h…

Windsor Castle, Book 2


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Book 2 - Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn…

Rookwood


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A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narr…

Windsor Castle, Book 4


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Book 4 - Cardinal Wolsey. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn a…

Auriol, or The Elixir of Life


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If you stumble upon the elixir of life, which provides you with eternal life, youth and health, then it's rather a bad idea to spoil this gr…

Windsor Castle, Book 3


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Book 3 - The History of the Castle. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Ann…

Windsor Castle, Book 5


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Book 5 - Mabel Lyndwood. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn a…

Windsor Castle, Book 6


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Book 6 - Jane Seymour. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as …

Travels in Lancashire


Read by Phil Benson


A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…

The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1


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A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradu…

The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2


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The second volume of a romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely admi…

Manchester Poetry


Read by Phil Benson


Manchester's first published anthology of locally-written poetry was compiled by editor James Wheeler to show that Manchester, 'the most mec…

Jack Sheppard: A Romance


Read by Mark Leder


The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…

December Tales


Read by Ben Tucker


December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…