Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth

540 pages first pub 1834 (editions)

fiction historical dark slow-paced
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William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was an English historical novelist trained as a lawyer, best known for his 1834 novel Rookwood, which features the English highwayman, Dick Turpin (1705-1739). Ainsworth made famous the legend of Turpin's fic...

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