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Feb 4, 1805 — Jan 3, 1882· 76 yrs

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William Harrison Ainsworth

Also known as: WH Ainsworth, W H Ainsworth

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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) 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. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife. Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature.

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One night, at the latter end of April, 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood-street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer.

— from Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague And the Fire, 1857

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The elixir of life (Auriol)

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The Tower of London

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The Tower of London is a historical romance that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey and Queen Mary Tudor. Lady Jane Gray and her husband were put on the throne by her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, but their reign lasted only nine days. Mary Tudor took control of England and arranged for the couple's imprisonment and execution. The novel begins with Lady Jane's incarceration in the Tower of London on July 10, 1553, and ends with her beheading on February 12, 1554.

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Rookwood

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While working with a classmate on a genealogy assignment, a fourteen-year-old Australian teenager discovers that her grandmother is hiding a dark family secret.

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