William Harrison Ainsworth
Ainsworth was a highly popular Victorian novelist who romanticised English criminal history in the manner of a Gothic adventure story. His Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard became popular legends through his colourful retelling.
Works
- RookwoodGothic novel of a highwayman's dark supernatural curse and his graveyard hauntings
- Jack SheppardNovel celebrating the notorious highwayman through romanticized crime and adventure
- The Tower of LondonHistorical novel set in the Tower of London during Lady Jane Grey's reign
- Old St Paul'sHistorical novel set in London during the Great Plague of 1665
- Windsor CastleHistorical novel centred on the English royal castle and court intrigue