An author of
historical melodrama, his Rookwood (1834) immortalised the myth of Dick Turpin, and
his The
Lancashire Witches (1848) is responsible for our traditional views of
witches.
Novels
Rookwood: A Romance, Richard Bentley (London),
1834 , 3 vols (published anonymously)
Windsor Castle: An Historical
Romance, Henry Colburn (London), 1843, 3 vols
The Lancashire Witches, Henry Colburn (London),
1849, 3 vols
Auriol: A Fragment of a Romance, Chapman and Hall
(London), 1850
Further Reading
William Harrison Ainsworth, by George J.
Worth, Twayne (New York), 1972
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