A Romance of Pendle Forest. The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches were the most famous witches in English history. The Pendle Witches were accused of selling their souls to familiar spirits or devils who appeared to them in human and animal form. In return for their souls, it was believed that the witches received the power to kill or lame who they pleased. This novel is set on Pendle Hill in early 17th century Lancashire. A monk is falsely accused of witchcraft and sets off a series of events taken from the real witches of Pendle Hill...