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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.
The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. Mitchell, Rosemary. Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830-1870. OUP Oxford, 2000. Morrison, Kevin A. Encyclopedia of London's East End. McFarland, 2023.
Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth is a c.1834 portrait painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise depicting the English author William Harrison Ainsworth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Ainsworth was a popular author of historical novels and a contemporary and friend of Dickens.
Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, ... After his mother's death, Sheppard is ...
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)
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 ...
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The first of William Harrison Ainsworth's seven "Lancashire novels", the story is based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Ainsworth relied heavily on historical documents describing the trial and execution of the conspirators, of whom Fawkes was one, but he also embellished the known facts.