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Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII 's pursuit of Anne Boleyn . Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter , a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods.
Carver, Stephen James (2003) "Ainsworth, William Harrison" in: The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth 1805–1882. Edwin Mellen Press; Ellis, S. M. (1911) William Harrison Ainsworth and his Friends. 2 vols. John Lane. ("Bibliography of the works of William Harrison Ainsworth": v. 2, p. 345-383)
William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) [2] [3] 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.
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William Harrison Ainsworth – Windsor Castle; Edward Bulwer-Lytton – The Last of the Barons; James Fenimore Cooper – Le Mouchoir; an Autobiographical Romance; Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol; Martin Chuzzlewit; Alexandre Dumas, père – Georges [13] Catherine Gore – The Banker's Wife; Léon Gozlan – Aristide Froissart [14] Victor ...
Ainsworth wrote The Miser's Daughter in 1842 while he was writing Windsor Castle. During this time, he was constantly working and stopped only when his mother, Ann Ainsworth, died on 15 March 1842. It was published in a serialised form in the Ainsworth's Magazine with some overlap with Windsor Castle. [2] George Cruikshank served as illustrator ...
William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England, chose Windsor Castle's location, "high above the river Thames and on the edge of a Saxon hunting ground." The construction of the castle ...
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