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4th February 1805 |
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Manchester, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
William Harrison Ainsworth (February 4, 1805 - January 3, 1882) was a British historical novelist. He was born in Manchester, England, the son of a solicitor. He was himself trained in the law, but 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 Opera House, by whom he was introduced to literary and dramatic circles, and whose daughter he afterwards married. 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. "Tower of London" was the fourth work of the novelist, and, according to Ainsworth himself, it was written chiefly with the aim of interesting his fellow-countrymen in the historical associations of the Tower. Ainsworth died in Reigate on January 3, 1882.
Ainsworth depends for his effects on striking situations and powerful descriptions: he has little humour or power of delineating character.
Works
- Free eBook of Jack Sheppard at Project Gutenberg (1830)
- Rookwood (1834)
- The Tower of London (1840)
- Free eBook of Old St Paul's at Project Gutenberg (1841)
- Free eBook of Windsor Castle at Project Gutenberg (1843)
- Free eBook of The Lancashire Witches at Project Gutenberg
- The Constable of the Tower
- Crichton (1837)
- Guy Fawkes (1842)
- Free eBook of The Star Chamber, vol. 1 at Project Gutenberg; Free eBook of The Star Chamber, vol. 2 at Project Gutenberg (1842)
- The Flitch of Bacon (1842)
- The Miser's Daughter (1842)
- Preston Fight or The Insurrection of 1715 (1875)
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