Author: RookwoodPublisher:
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Rookwood
Author: RookwoodRookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Rookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9780404617585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Rookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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"Rookwood" is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name. The plot of the novel takes place in England, 1737. At a manor called Rookwood Place, there existed a legend claiming that a death would follow after a branch of an ancient tree would break. After a branch does fall from the tree, Piers Rookwood, the owner, dies. Luke Bradley soon discovers two things: that he is the son of Rookwood and that his mother was secretly married to him, thus making him a legitimate heir to the estate, something that Rookwood's widow and son Ralph won't stand for...
The Works of W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq: Rookwood : a romance
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Rookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Rookwood
Author: Ainsworth William Harrison 1805-1882Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314407693
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Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Rookwood: a Romance
Author: William AinsworthPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385606713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.
Rookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Rookwood
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781530053032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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During a visit to Chesterfield, in the autumn of the year 1831, I first conceived the notion of writing this story. Wishing to describe, somewhat minutely, the trim gardens, the picturesque domains, the rook-haunted groves, the gloomy chambers, and gloomier galleries, of an ancient Hall with which I was acquainted, I resolved to attempt a story in the bygone style of Mrs. Radcliffe,-which had always inexpressible charms for me,-substituting an old English squire, an old English manorial residence, and an old English highwayman, for the Italian marchese, the castle, and the brigand of the great mistress of Romance.While revolving this subject, I happened, one evening, to enter the spacious cemetery attached to the church with the queer, twisted steeple, which, like the uplifted tail of the renowned Dragon of Wantley, to whom "houses and churches were as capons and turkeys," seems to menace the good town of Chesterfield with destruction. Here an incident occurred, on the opening of a vault, which it is needless to relate, but which supplied me with a hint for the commencement of my romance, as well as for the ballad entitled "The Coffin." Upon this hint I immediately acted; and the earlier chapters of the book, together with the description of the ancestral mansion of the Rookwoods, were completed before I quitted Chesterfield.