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English novelist (1805-1882)

Also known as: James William Harrison Ainsworth, W. H. Ainsworth, W. Harrison Ainsworth, Уильям Гаррисон Эйнсворт, ويليام هاريسون إينسوورث, ウィリアム・ハリソン・エインズワース

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Known works

Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague And the Fire (1857)
The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest
Windsor Castle, an historical romance (1844)
Jack Sheppard (1839)
The star-chamber, an historical romance (1903)