William Harrison: 117 books

William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction.  After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career.

One summer evening, Mildred Calverley, accounted the prettiest girl in Cheshire, who had been seated in the drawing-room of her father's house, Ouselcroft, near Daresbury, vainly trying to read, passed out from the open French window, and made her way towards two magnificent cedars of Lebanon, at the farther end of the lawn.

The Harvard Classics series is an incredible collection of the most important literary works, compiled by Charles Eliot (1834 1926), then president of Harvard University. Eliot stated that a liberal arts education could be supplemented by reading 15 minutes a day from classic works stored on a five...

Elizabeth I (1533-1603), also known as the Virgin Queen, was the daughter of Henry VIII and the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Aside from a history of Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan England chronicles the fledgling British empire during the period of Elizabeths reign. Different chapters cover the...

William Harrison is the author of nine novels, three collections of short stories, two major screenplays, essays and travel pieces. He was the co-founder of the writing program at the University of Arkansas and still lives in Fayetteville.Six couples from Austin, Texas, have vacationed on Lake Como...

William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction.  After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career.

William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction.  After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career.

Changing world events are a constant reminder that nothing remains the same. Everything changed on 9/11. Today a new threat is coming, which is now changing the world as we know it. Radical Islam will do whatever it takes to dominate nations under its power. Is this the beginning of the end?...

The Tower of London is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1840. It is a historical romance that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey from her short-lived time as Queen of England to her execution. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

In the sweeping historical epic Guy Fawkes, renowned author William Harrison Ainsworth takes on one of the boldest rebels of all time. Pro-Catholic agitator Guy Fawkes was at the center of a failed scheme to blow up the English Parliament and force then-Princess Elizabeth onto the throne. Now regarded...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: William Harrison Ainsworth, (born February 4, 1805, Manchester, Lancashire, England—died January 3, 1882, Reigate, Surrey), English author of popular historical romances. Ainsworth initially studied...

William Harrison Ainsworth was an English novelist best known for historical fiction.  After training to become a lawyer, Ainsworth turned to writing instead and had a long and successful career.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The Tower of London is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1840. It is a historical romance that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey from her short-lived time as Queen of England to her execution.

During the Civil Wars, the old and faithful city of Worcester suffered severely for its devotion to the royal cause. Twice was it besieged-- twice sacked by the Parliamentarians. In 1642, the Earl of Essex marched with a large force against the place, stormed and pillaged it, and sent several of...