William Harrison Ainsworth
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The Leaguer of Lathom – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
This book is about the civil war in Lancashire. Like any war, this story cannot but leave impressions after itself. You will be immersed in history and characters.Data dostępności:
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The Miser’s Daughter – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
Randulph Crewe is an unusual name for a young hero. Hilda Scarve is the daughter of a titled miser. The denouement of the plot hinges on the making of wills and inheritance of property, and there is a secret love affair (between Randulph’s uncle and Hilda’s mother) that comes from the past.Data dostępności:
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The Spectre Bride – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
This is a gothic classic. Very atmospheric. This amazing and attractive story, written in the highest times of our Faustian civilization, the majestic poetics of romanticism, and today, in these godforsaken times of fate and despair, shines with mysterious darkness.Data dostępności:
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The Lancashire Witches – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
The novel is based on the true story of the Pendle Witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm with witchcraft. Witches lived in the Pendley Hill area of Lancashire. This story will keep you in suspense until the very end.Data dostępności:
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Windsor Castle – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
A classic historical novel set in and around Windsor Castle during the time of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Historical events are sharply aggravated by the appearance of the forest demon Hern the Hunter.Data dostępności:
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The Star-Chamber – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
It is a good gothic thriller. Sir Giles Mompesson is a gloomy and all-powerful villain who sows destruction and suffering with the help of the Star Chamber court, it seems, just like that.Data dostępności:
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The Old London Merchant – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
At that festival time, when the days are the shortest and the nights the longest, and when, therefore, it is the invariable practice of all intelligent men to turn night into day; when the ratio of business and pleasure is clearly in favor of the latter; when a magnificent carnival is held in London, and everything testifies to the predominance and influence of good humor.Data dostępności:
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Old Saint Paul’s – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
This is a historical novel describing the events of the Great Plague in London and the Great Fire of London. The protagonist is Leonard Holt, apprentice of our grocer Stephen Blundel, he is madly in love with the grocer’s daughter Annabelle, who is not madly in love with him, she is madly in love with Lord Rochester.Data dostępności:
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Rookwood – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
A typical gothic fantasy, Rookwood is a good read if you can stomach the songs, poetry, and flowery language. It features underground vaults, mummified corpses falling out of tombs, paranormal summonses, girls in great distress, a sinister gypsy old woman, adultery, death by lightning, and macabre prophecies.Data dostępności:
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Ovingdean Grange – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
A historical romance with a lot of local flavor. The action takes place in the South Downs, England. Everything revolves around the Civil War.Data dostępności:
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