(William) Harrison AINSWORTH
(also wrote as: Will BROWN; Cheviot TICHBURN)

Sex : Male

Born : 1805 Feb 4
            Manchester, Lancashire, England

Lived : Brighton, Sussex, England (final)

Died :   1882 Jan 3
             Reigate, Surrey, England
aged :   76
More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia
Notable Names Database
National Portrait Gallery

More info can be found offline at:
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 21
Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[2004]
A List of Lancashire Authors, by Charles W Sutton [1876]
Modern English Biography, vol 1, by Frederic Boase [1892-1921]
Something about the Author, vol 24
Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, by John Sutherland [1989]

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
Poems
[written as: Cheviot TICHBURN]
English
poetry
1822 
December TalesEnglish
short stories
1823 
Letters From Cockney Lands
[written as: Will BROWN]
English
1826 
Sir John Chiverton
[published anonymously; written with J P ASTON]
English
fiction
1826 
RookwoodEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1834Pr Gut #23564
Pr Gut (Aust)
Crichton
(also titled: The Admirable Crichton)
English
fiction
3 vols
1837 
Jack SheppardEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1839Pr Gut #16215
The Tower Of LondonEnglish
fiction
1840 
Old St Paul's: A Tale Of The Plague And The FireEnglish
fiction
1841Pr Gut #11082
Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder TreasonEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1841Pr Gut (Aust)
The Miser's DaughterEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1842Pr Gut (Aust)
Windsor CastleEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1843Pr Gut #2866
Saint James's; or, The Court Of Queen AnneEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1844 
James The Second; or, The Revolution Of 1688English
fiction
3 vols
1848 
The Lancashire Witches: A Romance Of Pendle ForestEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1849Pr Gut #15493
The Star Chamber: An Historical RomanceEnglish
fiction
2 vols
1854Pr Gut #12396
Pr Gut (Aust)
The Flitch Of Bacon; or, The Custom Of DunmowEnglish
fiction
1854 
Ballads: Romantic, Fantastical And HumorousEnglish
poetry
1855 
The SpendthriftEnglish
fiction
1857 
The Life And Adventures Of Mervyn ClitheroeEnglish
fiction
1858 
The Combat Of The Thirty, From A Breton Lay Of The 14th CenturyEnglish
1859 
Ovingdean Grange: A Tale Of The South DownsEnglish
fiction
1860Pr Gut (Aust)
The Constable Of The Tower: An Historical RomanceEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1861 
The Lord Mayor Of London; or, City Life In The Last CenturyEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1862 
Cardinal Pole; or, The Days Of Philip And MaryEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1863 
John Law, The ProjectorEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1864 
The Spanish Match; or, Charles Stuart At MadridEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1865 
Auriol; or, The Elixir Of LifeEnglish
1865Pr Gut (Aust)
The Constable De BourbonEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1866 
Old CourtEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1867 
Myddleton PomfretEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1868 
The South Sea BubbleEnglish
1868 
Hilary St IvesEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1870 
Talbot HarlandEnglish
1871 
Boscobel; or, The Royal OakEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1872Pr Gut (Aust)
The Good Old Times: The Story Of The Manchester Rebels Of '45English
fiction
3 vols
1873 
Merry England; or, Nobles And SerfsEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1874 
The Goldsmith's WifeEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1875 
Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection Of 1815English
fiction
3 vols
1875Pr Gut (Aust)
Chetwyn CalverleyEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1876 
The Leaguer Of Lathom: A Tale Of The Civil War...English
fiction
3 vols
1876Pr Gut (Aust)
The Fall Of SomersetEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1877 
Beatrice TyldesleyEnglish
fiction
2 vols
1878 
Beau Nash; or, Bath In The Eighteenth CenturyEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1879 
Stanley BreretonEnglish
fiction
3 vols
1881 
Historical RomancesEnglish
short stories
20 vols
1898-1901 
The Novels Of William Harrison AinsworthEnglish
short stories
20 vols
1901-02 
The Spectre BrideEnglish
?Pr Gut (Aust)
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