This meticulously edited William Ainsworth collection is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents:
Novels:
Rookwood
Jack Sheppard
The Tower of London
Guy Fawkes
Old Saint Paul’s
The Miser’s Daughter
Windsor Castle
The Lancashire Witches
Auriol
The Star Chamber
Ovingdean Grange
Cardinal Pole
The Constable de Bourbon
Boscobel
The Good Old Times (The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal ’45)
Preston Fight
The Leaguer of Lathom
Chetwynd Calverley
Short Stories:
The Spectre Bride
The Old London Merchant
A Night’s Adventure in Rome
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William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), a rival and a friend of Charles Dickens, was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. While completing his legal studies in London he became familiar with literary and dramatic circles of London scene. Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with novel Rookwood. Ainsworth wrote several Lancashire novels which cover altogether 400 years. Jack Sheppard, Guy Fawkes, Old St Paul’s, Rookwood, and The Lancashire Witches are regarded as his most successful novels.
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