This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. 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
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of William Harrison Ainsworth which are The Spectre Bride and Jack Sheppard. William Harrison Ainsworth was an English author of popular historical romances. Novels selected for this book: - The Lancashire Witches - Jack SheppardThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors
The friend and rival of Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth was a prolific historical novelist, whose works helped changed the course of Victorian literature. This comprehensive eBook presents the largest collection of Ainsworth’s works ever compiled in a single edition, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ainsworth’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * 23 novels, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appearing in digital print for the first time, including Ainsworth’s first novel SIR JOHN CHIVERTON, available nowhere else * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Includes Ainsworth’s ballads and early short stories * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Features a brief biography * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with three novels (‘Cardinal Pole’; ‘The Constable de Bourbon’; ‘Chetwynd Calverley’), two short stories and improved texts CONTENTS: The Novels Sir John Chiverton (1826) Rookwood (1834) Jack Sheppard (1839) The Tower of London (1840) Guy Fawkes (1840) Old St Paul’s (1841) The Miser’s Daughter (1842) Windsor Castle (1842) The Lancashire Witches (1849) Auriol (1850) The Star-Chamber (1854) The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe (1858) Ovingdean Grange (1860) Cardinal Pole (1863) The Constable de Bourbon (1866) Talbot Harland (1870) Tower Hill (1871) Boscobel (1871) The Good Old Times (1873) Preston Fight (1875) The Leaguer of Lathom (1876) Chetwynd Calverley (1876) Stanley Brereton (1881) The Shorter Fiction The Spectre Bride (1821) December Tales (1823) A Night’s Adventure in Rome (1850) The Old London Merchant (1850) The Poetry Ballads (1855) The Biography Short Biography: William Harrison Ainsworth (1900) by Stewart Marsh Ellis
Early on the morning of May 6, 1840, the elderly Lord William Russell was found in his London house with his throat so deeply cut that his head was nearly severed. The crime soon had everyone, including Queen Victoria, feverishly speculating about motives and methods. But when the prime suspect claimed to have been inspired by a sensational crime novel, it sent shock waves through literary London and drew both Dickens and Thackeray into the fray. Could a novel really lead someone to kill? In Murder by the Book, Claire Harman blends a riveting true-crime whodunit with a fascinating account of the rise of the popular novel and the early battle for its soul among the most famous writers of the day.
Historical novels of William Harrison Ainsworth are mainly set in 16th and 17th century England and they lean on actual historical events and persons. Putting his fictional characters in historical context, Ainsworth creates thrilling plots and sensational intrigues and affairs. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: 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
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader 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
