William Harrison Ainsworth
William Harrison Ainsworth was an English historical novelist born at King Street 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 publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife.
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Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague And the Fire
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1800
Windsor Castle, an historical romance
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1800
The star-chamber, an historical romance
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1800
Rookwood, a romance
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1800
The tower of London, an historical romance
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1800
Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason
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1800
Crichton
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1800
Ovingdean Grange; a tale of the South Downs
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1800
Boscobel
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1800
Cardinal Pole
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1800
Talbot Harland
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1800
John Law, the projector
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1800