Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason - An Historical Romance - Ainsworth, William Harrison
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This early work is William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance, "Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason". The first book in Ainsworth's of "Lancashire novels" series, it deals with the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605. An exciting and masterful retelling of the scheme to destroy British Parliament, this book is highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Ainsworth's work. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English novelist, famous for his historical fiction. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and…mehr

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This early work is William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance, "Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason". The first book in Ainsworth's of "Lancashire novels" series, it deals with the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605. An exciting and masterful retelling of the scheme to destroy British Parliament, this book is highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Ainsworth's work. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English novelist, famous for his historical fiction. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Autorenporträt
A 19th-century English historian and author, William Harrison Ainsworth studied law and worked in the publishing industry along with journalism and literature. William Harrison Ainsworth wrote more than 39 novels on various topics. William Harrison was educated at Manchester Grammar School. Some of his best and most well-known novels are The Tower of London (1840), Windsor Castle (1843), The Lancashire Witches (1848), and Old St. Paul's (1841). He was a well-trained lawyer, but he was uninterested in the profession, so he gave up and decided to devote himself to the world of writing. Ainsworth's first success as a writer came with his work "Rookwood" in 1834, and he last appeared in the year 1881.