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William Harrison Ainsworth / W.H. Ainsworth
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Born: 1802 - Died: 1882 (80) - British Author
Sir John Chiverton (1834) / Rookwood (1834) / Admirable Crichton (1837)
Jack Sheppard (1839) / The Tower of London (1840) / Guy Fawkes (1841)
Old St.Paul's (1841) / The Miser's Daughter (1842) /
Windsor Castle (1843) aka Herne the Hunter
The Fall of Somerset (1844) / Saint James's (1844)
Auriol (1845) aka The Elixir of Life / The Lancashire Witches (1849)
The Star-Chamber (1853) / The Flitch of Bacon (1854) / The Spendthrift (1857)
Ovingdean Grange (1860) / The Constable of the Tower (1861)
Cardinal Pole (1862) / The Lord Mayor of London (1862) / Old Court (1866)
Myddleton Pomfret (1867) / The South-Sea Bubble (1868)
Hilary St. Ives (1869) / Talbot Harland (1870) / Tower Hill (1871)
Boscobel (1872) / Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45 (1873)
Preston Fight (1875) / The Leaguer of Lathom (1876)
Beau Nash (1879) / Stanley Brereton (1881)
Book List in Order: 41 titles
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Rookwood: A Romance
- 1834
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William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction. After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career. This edition of Rookwood includes a table o...
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A Night's Adventure in Rome
- Dec-2013
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The castle of Hernswolf, at the close of the year 1655, was the resort of fashion and gaiety. The baron of that name was the most powerful nobleman in Germany, and equally celebrated for the patriotic achievements of his sons, and the beauty of his o...
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The Admirable Crichton
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Beatrice Tyldesley
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Boscobel, Or, The Royal Oak
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Constable De Bourbon
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Crichton
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The Flitch Of Bacon
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The Goldsmith's Wife
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Guy Fawkes; Or, the Gunpowder Treason
In the sweeping historical epic Guy Fawkes, renowned author William Harrison Ainsworth takes on one of the boldest rebels of all time. Pro-Catholic agitator Guy Fawkes was at the center of a failed scheme to blow up the English Parliament and force t...
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Hilary St. Ives
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John Law, The Projector
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The Lancashire Witches
William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction. After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career. This edition of The Lancashire Witches incl...
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The Leaguer Of Lathom; A Tale Of The Civil War In Lancashire
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The Lord Mayor Of London; Or, City Life In The Last Century
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Merry England
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The Miser's Daughter
William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 - 3 January 1882) Was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the ...
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Myddleton Pomfret
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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A Night In Rome
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) who also wrote under the pseudonyms Will Brown and Cheviot Tichburn, was an English historical novelist. He went to the Manchester Grammar School before becoming trained in the law. However the legal profession ...
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Old Saint Paul's
Historical novel, first published in 1841, set in London 1665-1666. According to Wikipedia: "William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 â€" 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal...
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Ovingdean Grange; a Tale of the South Downs
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Saint James's
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Spendthrift
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Star-Chamber
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The Tower of London
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. The Tower of London is a classic historical novel....
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Windsor Castle
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Auriol; Or, the Elixir of Life
This remarkable work by Ainsworth revolves around life of the protagonist in changing times. A spooky and mysterious atmosphere pervades the whole story. The characters are brilliantly drawn and are blended skillfully into the plot. Exhilarating!...
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Chetwynd Calverley
One summer evening, Mildred Calverley, accounted the prettiest girl in Cheshire, who had been seated in the drawing-room of her father's house, Ouselcroft, near Daresbury, vainly trying to read, passed out from the open French window, and made her wa...
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The Constable of the Tower
Title: The Constable of the Tower: an historical romance ... Illustrated by John Gilbert.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...
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The Fall of Somerset
Title: The Fall of Somerset.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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Jack Sheppard
A master of drinking, whoring, theft - and escape! While Jack Sheppard seems marked from birth for a terrible end, his wit and charm might just be able to cheat fate. Fate, however, seems eager to cheat him out of an honest living, when Jack begins v...
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Old Court
Title: Old Court. A novel.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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Preston Fight; Or, The Insurrection Of 1715
Title: Preston Fight; or, the Insurrection of 1715. A tale.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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Tower
The Duke of Orleans a Prisoner in the Tower. (F rom a MS. in the British Museum) .... Frontispiece PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES PAGET he Tower. (F rom a sketch by H. Colls) i Plan of the Tower in 1597, by Haiward and Gascoyne .6 The Byward Tower ...... 8P ost...
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The Nocturnal Meeting
Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, usin...
