The Dragon and the Raven vs The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest: Which Should You Read?

The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.9 216 pages · ≈ 4 h 00 m · Challenging

For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened…

The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest William Harrison Ainsworth · 1849 ★★★★☆ 3.5 484 pages · ≈ 8 h 58 m · Challenging

The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his…