Chapter II: The Marchesa
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Mysterious Interview in Hyde Park
The Elixir of Long Life
The Ruined House in the Vauxhall Road
The Dog-Fancier
The Hand and the Cloak
The Iron-Merchant's Daughter
The Barber of London
Seizure of Ebba
The Antiquaries
The Chamber of Mystery
The Tomb of the Rosicrucian
The Compact
The Significant Whisper
The Enchanted Chairs
Rougemont's Device to perplex Auriol
GUY FAWKES
OR
THE GUNPOWDER TREASON
AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE
BY
WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH
With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank
CONTENTS.
PAGE
DEDICATION iii
PREFACE v
Book the First.
THE PLOT.
CHAPTER I. AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1 II. ORDSALL CAVE 10 III. ORDSALL HALL 12 IV. THE SEARCH 26 V. CHAT MOSS 31 VI. THE DISINTERMENT 49 VII. DOCTOR DEE 50 VIII. THE MAGIC GLASS 56 IX. THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE 62 X. THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT 66 XI. THE PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT WINIFRED'S WELL 71 XII. THE VISION 83 XIII. THE CONSPIRATORS 87 XIV. THE PACKET 98 XV. THE ELIXIR 105 XVI. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER 115 XVII. THE RENCOUNTER 129 XVIII. THE EXPLANATION 131 XIX. THE DISCOVERY 133 XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL 139
Book the Second.
THE DISCOVERY.
I. THE LANDING OF THE POWDER 147 II. THE TRAITOR 156 III. THE ESCAPE PREVENTED 163 IV. THE MINE 169 V. THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA 179 VI. THE CELLAR 187 VII. THE STAR-CHAMBER 195 VIII. THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER 198 IX. THE COUNTERPLOT 212 X. WHITE WEBBS 220 XI. THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST 228 XII. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER 237 XIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS 245 XIV. THE EXAMINATION 255
Book the Third.
THE CONSPIRATORS.
I. HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE 262 II. SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA 274 III. HUDDINGTON 278 IV. HOLBEACH 292 V. THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION 294 VI. HAGLEY 304 VII. VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL 313 VIII. HENDLIP 319 IX. WHITEHALL 327 X. THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM 311 XI. THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON 332 XII. THE TRAITOR BETRAYED 336 XIII. THE TRIAL 341 XIV. THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA 344 XV. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD 347 XVI. OLD PALACE YARD 352 XVII. THE LAST EXECUTION 355
JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME I (of III) A Romance
By W. Harrison Ainsworth 1839
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD
CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD.
CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT.
CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT.
CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE STORM.
CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL
CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE.
CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD.
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER.
CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO.
CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT.
CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON.
CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS.
CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard
Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft
The Murder on the Thames
The Storm
The Name on the Beam
“May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again”
Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character
Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft
JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME II (of III) A Romance
By W. Harrison Ainsworth 1839
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:
CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGDALENE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FLASH KEN.
CHAPTER XV. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH.
CHAPTER XVI. JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY.
CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT-CELLAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN.
CHAPTER XIX. GOOD AND EVIL.
EPOCH THE THIRD, THE PRISON-BREAKER, 1724.
CHAPTER I. THE RETURN.
CHAPTER II. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL.
CHAPTER III. JACK SHEPPARD'S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD.
CHAPTER IV. JACK SHEPPARD'S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON.
CHAPTER V. THE DISGUISE.
CHAPTER VI. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS.
CHAPTER VII. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER VIII. OLD BEDLAM.
CHAPTER IX. OLD NEWGATE.
CHAPTER X. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece: Jack Shepard committing the Robbery in Willesden Church
Jack Sheppard gets drunk, and orders his Mother off
Jack Sheppard's escape from Willesden Cage
Mrs. Sheppard expostulating with her Son
Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr.Wood's Bedroom
Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess escaping from Clerkenwell Prison
Jack Sheppard escaping from the Condemned Hold in Newgate
JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME III (of III) A Romance
By W. Harrison Ainsworth 1839
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:
CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED.
CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED.
CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED.
CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM.
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL.
CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS.
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL.
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN.
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