Penguin Pocket Classics Jack Sheppard

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AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classic

Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical RomanceFrom those who have wilfully misinterpreted one of my former productions, and have attributed to it a purpose and an aim utterly foreign to my own intentions, I can scarcely expect fairer treatment for the present work. But to that wider and more discriminating class Of readers from whom I have experienced so much favour and support, I confidently commit this volume, certain of meeting with leniency and impartiality.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Action & Adventure

Forgotten Books

Old St. Paul's (Bestsellers of literature)

Pan.

Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason, an Historical Romance

History

Franklin Classics

Rookwood; a romance

Rookwood; a Romance

Jack Sheppard: A Romance/3 Volumes in 2

Romance

Contemporary

Ams Pr Inc

Rookwood: A Romance

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 had no attraction for him, and going to London to complete his studies he made the acquaintance of John Ebers, publisher, and at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles. For a short time he tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature, his first success as a writer of romance being scored with Rookwood in 1834, of which Dick Turpin is the leading character; and thenceforward he continued to pour forth till 1881 a stream of novels, to the number of 39. Amongst his other works are: Poems (1822), December Tales (1823), Jack Sheppard (1839), The Tower of London (1840), Old St. Paul's (1841), Windsor Castle (1843), The Lancashire Witches (1849) and Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life (1865).

Auriol: Or the Elixir of Life (Supernatural and Occult Fiction)

Ayer Co. Pub

Boscobel or The Royal Oak; Volume I

Literary

Wentworth Press

Jack Sheppard, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance (Classic Reprint)

Children's Books

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