Although best known as the creator of the Fu-Manchu series of mystery novels, British author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (who usually wrote under the pseudonym Sax Rohmer) also penned a number of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural novels....
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Although best known as the creator of the Fu-Manchu series of mystery novels, British author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (who usually wrote under the pseudonym Sax Rohmer) also penned a number of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural novels. Long himself associated with the occult, Rohmer brings captivating depth and detail to his story of a dabbler in the supernatural whose dark interests spin out of control -- with tragic results
CONTENTS; Prefatory Notice; Chapter I - Antony Ferrara; Chapter II - The Phantom Hands; Chapter III - The Ring of Thoth; Chapter IV - At Ferrara's Chambers; Chapter V - The Rustling Shadows; Chapter VI - The Beetles; Chapter VII - Sir Elwin Groves' Patient; Chapter VIII - The Secret of Dhoon; Chapter IX - The Polish Jewess; Chapter X - The Laughter; Chapter XI - Cairo; Chapter XII - The Mask of Set; Chapter XIII - The Scorpion Wind; Chapter XIV - Dr. Cairn Arrives; Chapter XV - The Witch-Queen; Chapter XVI - Lair of the Spiders; Chapter XVII - The Story of Ali Mohammed
Chapter XVIII - The BatsChapter XIX - Anthropomancy; Chapter XX - The Incense; Chapter XXI - The Magician; Chapter XXII - Myra; Chapter XXIII - The Face in the Orchid-House; Chapter XXIV - Flowering of the Lotus; Chapter XXV - Cairn Meets Ferrara; Chapter XXVI - The Ivory Hand; Chapter XXVII - The Thug's Cord; Chapter XXVIII - The High Priest, Hortotef; Chapter XXIX - The Wizard's Den; Chapter XXX - The Elemental; Chapter XXXI - The Book of Thoth; Endnotes;
The worldwide persecution of alleged witches in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has been a source of inspiration for many writers and artists. This fictionalized take on the well-publicized case of the Pendle witches of the Lancashire area in...
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The worldwide persecution of alleged witches in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has been a source of inspiration for many writers and artists. This fictionalized take on the well-publicized case of the Pendle witches of the Lancashire area in England lays bare the intrigue surrounding the case, as well as the remarkable hypocrisy and unfairness of the officials who were responsible for executing 10 men and women on spurious charges of dabbling in the occult
Title; Contents; Dedication; INTRODUCTION - THE LAST ABBOT OF WHALLEY; Chapter I - The Beacon on Pendle Hill; Chapter II - The Eruption; Chapter III - Whalley Abbey; Chapter IV - The Malediction; Chapter V - The Midnight Mass; Chapter VI - Teter et Fortis Carcer; Chapter VII - The Abbey Mill; Chapter VIII - The Executioner; Chapter IX - Wiswall Hall; Chapter X - The Holehouses; BOOK THE FIRST - ALIZON DEVICE; Chapter I - The May Queen; Chapter II - The Black Cat and the White Dove; Chapter III - The Asshetons; Chapter IV - Alice Nutter; Chapter V - Mother Chattox
Chapter VI - The Ordeal by SwimmingChapter VII - The Ruined Conventual Church; Chapter VIII - The Revelation; Chapter IX - The Two Portraits in the Banqueting-Hall; Chapter X - The Nocturnal Meeting; BOOK THE SECOND - PENDLE FOREST; Chapter I - Flint; Chapter II - Read Hall; Chapter III - The Boggart's Glen; Chapter IV - The Reeve of the Forest; Chapter V - Bess's O' Th' Booth; Chapter VI - The Temptation; Chapter VII - The Perambulation of the Boundaries; Chapter VIII - Rough Lee; Chapter IX - How Rough Lee was Defended by Nicholas; Chapter X - Roger Nowell and His Double
Chapter XI - Mother DemdikeChapter XII - The Mysteries of Malkin Tower; Chapter XIII - The Two Familiars; Chapter XIV - How Rough Lee was Again Besieged; Chapter XV - The Phantom Monk; Chapter XVI - One O'Clock!; Chapter XVII - How the Beacon Fire was Extinguished; BOOK THE THIRD - HOGHTON TOWER; Chapter I - Downham Manor-House; Chapter II - The Penitent's Retreat; Chapter III - Middleton Hall; Chapter IV - The Gorge of Cliviger; Chapter V - The End of Malkin Tower; Chapter VI - Hoghton Tower; Chapter VII - The Royal Declaration Concerning Lawful Sports on the Sunday
Chapter VIII - How King James Hunted the Hart and the Wild-Boar in Hoghton ParkChapter IX - The Banquet; Chapter X - Evening Entertainments; Chapter XI - Fatality; Chapter XII - The Last Hour; Chapter XIII - The Masque of Death; Chapter XIV - "One Grave"; Chapter XV - Lancaster Castle; Endnotes;
