Rookwood
William Harrison Ainsworth was a 19th century English writer of historical novels. Rookwood was Ainsworth's first books and one of his best. The famous character Dick Turpin comes from this book.
William Harrison Ainsworth was a 19th century English writer of historical novels. Rookwood was Ainsworth's first books and one of his best. The famous character Dick Turpin comes from this book.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781530893546 (1530893542)
ASIN: 1530893542
Publish date: 2016-04-05
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2010-12-22)
Pages no: 366
Edition language: English
[These notes were made in 1986; I read this in the Routledge, 1898 edition:]. One of the earliest of Ainsworth's productions, and - in its genre, that of the Radcliffean Romance - certainly one of his best. Mind you, it's a Radcliffean romance with a distinctly Ainsworthian twist, since Dick Turpin...
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