William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer...
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This is a list of works by the English historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882). December Tales. London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1823 The...
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William Ainsworth may refer to: William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), English historical novelist William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), English surgeon...
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Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth almost 100 years after Turpin's death. Turpin's involvement in...
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Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper and a cousin by marriage of William Harrison Ainsworth. In 1873 she has been living with him for thirty years in London...
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Rookwood (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Rookwood is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate...
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The Tower of London (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
The Tower of London is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1840. It is a historical romance that describes the history of Lady...
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Guy Fawkes may also refer to: Guy Fawkes (novel), a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth Guy Fawkes (film), a 1923 British silent historical film Isla...
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The Lancashire Witches (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
The Lancashire Witches is the only one of William Harrison Ainsworth's forty novels that has remained continuously in print since its first publication...
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Guy Fawkes (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
1841, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. The first of William Harrison Ainsworth's seven "Lancashire novels", the story is based on the Gunpowder...
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Crichton (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Crichton is an 1837 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in three volumes by Richard Bentley. It is inspired...
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the novel Ovingdean Grange by the popular 19th-century writer William Harrison Ainsworth. Ovingdean is a small village just outside Brighton, where Ovingdean...
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Old St. Paul's (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire, is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1841. It is a historical romance that describes...
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in 1855, largely inspired by the novel The Flitch of Bacon by William Harrison Ainsworth. The revived tradition continues in Great Dunmow. Every leap year...
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John Law (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
The Projector is an 1864 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was released in three volumes by the London publishing house...
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years. He returned to the public consciousness around 1840, when William Harrison Ainsworth wrote a novel entitled Jack Sheppard, with illustrations by George...
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William Francis Ainsworth FSA (9 November 1807 – 27 November 1896) was an English surgeon, traveller, geographer, and geologist, known also as a writer...
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Jack Sheppard (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, with illustrations by George Cruikshank...
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James the Second (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
the Second is an 1848 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in three volumes by Henry Colburn. It is set...
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Hilary St. Ives (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Ives is an 1870 novel in three volumes by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. Originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine during 1869...
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The Flitch of Bacon (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Flitch of Bacon is an 1854 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine. He...
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Street Brigand". He resigned as editor in 1839 and William Harrison Ainsworth took over. Ainsworth would also only stay in the job for three years, but...
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Preston Fight (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Preston Fight is an 1875 historical novel by the British author William Harrison Ainsworth, released in three volumes by the London publishing house Tinsley...
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Merriam-Webster, p. 208, ISBN 0-87779-603-3, entry "guy" Sharpe 2005, p. 6 Harrison Ainsworth, William (1841), Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason, Nottingham Society...
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historical novel entitled Crichton was published by the English writer William Harrison Ainsworth in 1837. "The Admirable Crichton" is referred to by Charles Dickens...
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Harrison Ainsworth (1888–1965), British newspaper editor Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622), English nonconformist clergyman and scholar John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893)...
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Pierce Egan the Younger's Wat Tyler (1841), William Harrison Ainsworth's Merry England (1874) and William Morris's A Dream of John Ball (1886). 1382 –...
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Boscobel (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Boscobel is an 1872 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It first appeared as a serial in The New Monthly Magazine before...
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The Spendthrift (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Spendthrift is an 1857 historical novel by the British author William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in a single volume by London publisher Routledge...
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Windsor Castle (novel) (category Novels by William Harrison Ainsworth)
Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry...
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