William Ainsworth: 73 books

Book cover of Chetwynd Calverley
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015

Book cover of Auriol or, The Elixir of Life
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013

The Sixteenth Century drew to a close. It was the last day of the last year, and two hours only were wanting to the birth of another year and of another century. The night was solemn and beautiful. Myriads of stars paved the deep vault of heaven; the crescent moon hung like a silver lamp in the midst...
Book cover of Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

“Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire” is a historical romance that describes the events of the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.
Book cover of Windsor Castle
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

In the twentieth year of the reign of the right high and puissant King Henry the Eighth, namely, in 1529, on the 21st of April, and on one of the loveliest evenings that ever fell on the loveliest district in England, a fair youth, having somewhat the appearance of a page, was leaning over the terrace...
Book cover of Auriol: The Elixir of Life
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The Sixteenth Century drew to a close. It was the last day of the last year, and two hours only were wanting to the birth of another year and of another century. The night was solemn and beautiful. Myriads of stars paved the deep vault of heaven; the crescent moon hung like a silver lamp in the midst...
Book cover of Rookwood A Romance
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013

Book cover of Cardinal Pole Or the Days of Philip and Mary
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2017

No sooner was Mary, eldest daughter of Henry VIII., securely seated on the throne left vacant by the premature death of her brother, Edward VI., than the Emperor Charles V., already related to her through his aunt, Katherine of Aragon, determined to bring about a marriage between the Queen of England...
Book cover of Rookwood
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: "You hear that, Luke," cried he, aloud; "you hear it, Titus; this is no robbery. Mr. Coates-'Know all men by these presents'-I call you to witness, Lady Rookwood gives me these pretty things.""I...
Book cover of The Constable De Bourbon
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The leader of the troop, a very striking personage, whom it was impossible to regard without interest, was a man of large stature, with handsome, strongly-marked features, very stern in expression. An ample...
Book cover of Boscobel or, the Royal Oak
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013

During the Civil Wars, the old and faithful city of Worcester suffered severely for its devotion to the royal cause. Twice was it besieged-- twice sacked by the Parliamentarians. In 1642, the Earl of Essex marched with a large force against the place, stormed and pillaged it, and sent several of...
Book cover of Jack Sheppard: A Romance
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

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 visiting the notorious Black Lion, drinking den of the worst criminals in London. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
Book cover of Rookwood : A Romance
by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009

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Book cover of The Spectre Bride
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The castle bells rung out a merry peal at the approach of a winter twilight, and the warder was stationed with his retinue on the battlements, to announce the arrival of the company who were invited to share the amusements that reigned within the walls. The Lady Clotilda, the baron’s only daughter,...
Book cover of Chetwynd Calverley
by William Harrison Ainsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Chetwynd, only son of Mr. Hugh Calverley, a retired Liverpool merchant, residing at Ouselcroft, in Cheshire, was somewhat singularly circumstanced, as will have been surmised from the conversation just...
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