The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45
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William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) novelized the story of the Young Pretender Prince Charles's occupation of Manchester in 1745.
Chapters (95)
- The Manchester Rebels OF THE FATAL '45
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. HOW THE INFANT HEIR WAS STOLEN.
- CHAPTER II. MANCHESTER IN 1745.
- CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES DR. DEACON, DR. BYROM, AND COLONEL TOWNLEY.
- CHAPTER IV. SIR RICHARD RAWCLIFFE.
- CHAPTER V. INTRODUCES OUR HERO.
- CHAPTER VI. ADVICE.
- CHAPTER VII. RENCOUNTER NEAR THE OLD TOWN CROSS.
- CHAPTER VIII. BEPPY BYROM.
- CHAPTER IX. THE TWO CURATES OF ST. ANN'S.
- CHAPTER X. CONSTANCE RAWCLIFFE.
- CHAPTER XI. THE BOROUGHREEVE OF MANCHESTER.
- CHAPTER XII. THE RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XIII. CONSTANCE MAKES A DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XIV. ST. ANN'S SQUARE.
- CHAPTER XV. HOW SALFORD HOUSE WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION.
- CHAPTER XVI. TOM SYDDALL.
- CHAPTER XVII. HOW TOM SYDDALL WAS CARRIED HOME IN TRIUMPH.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE MEETING IN THE GARDEN.
- CHAPTER XIX. MRS. BUTLER.
- CHAPTER XX. THE JACOBITE MEETING IN TOM SYDDALL'S BACK ROOM.
- CHAPTER XXI. BEN BIRCH, THE BELLMAN OF MANCHESTER.
- CHAPTER I. HOW MANCHESTER WAS TAKEN BY A SERGEANT, A DRUMMER, AND A SCOTTISH LASSIE.
- CHAPTER II. THE PROCLAMATION AT THE CROSS.
- CHAPTER III. FATHER JEROME.
- CHAPTER IV. GENERAL SIR JOHN MACDONALD.
- CHAPTER V. HELEN CARNEGIE'S STORY.
- CHAPTER VI. CAPTAIN LINDSAY.
- CHAPTER VII. A RESIDENCE IS CHOSEN FOR THE PRINCE.
- CHAPTER VIII. INTERVIEW BETWEEN SECRETARY MURRAY AND THE MAGISTRATES.
- CHAPTER IX. ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE HIGHLAND ARMY. LORD GEORGE MURRAY.
- CHAPTER X. THE DUKE OF PERTH.
- CHAPTER XI. ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND DIVISION.
- CHAPTER XII. THE YOUNG CHEVALIER.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE PRINCE'S INTERVIEW WITH MRS. BUTLER AND THE TWO DAMSELS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINCE'S MARCH TO HEAD-QUARTERS.
- CHAPTER XV. THE PRINCE'S LEVEE.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE ILLUMINATIONS.
- CHAPTER XVII. A QUARREL AT SUPPER.
- CHAPTER XVIII. CAPTAIN WEIR.
- CHAPTER XIX. CAPTAIN WEIR IS INTERROGATED BY THE PRINCE.
- CHAPTER XX. THE DUEL.
- CHAPTER XXI. CASTLE FIELD.
- CHAPTER XXII. FATHER JEROME COUNSELS SIR RICHARD.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE PRINCE ATTENDS SERVICE AT THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE PRINCE INSPECTS THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT.
- CHAPTER XXV. AN UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE RIDE TO RAWCLIFFE HALL.
- CHAPTER XXVII. RAWCLIFFE HALL.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER.
- CHAPTER XXX. A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. SIR RICHARD RAWCLIFFE'S CONFESSION.
- CHAPTER XXXII. ATHERTON'S DECISION IS MADE.
- CHAPTER I. AN OLD JACOBITE DAME.
- CHAPTER II. ATHERTON'S GIFT TO CONSTANCE.
- CHAPTER III. A RETREAT RESOLVED UPON.
- CHAPTER IV. HOW THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT WAS WELCOMED ON ITS RETURN.
- CHAPTER V. A FRESH SUBSIDY DEMANDED.
- CHAPTER VI. A FALSE MESSAGE BROUGHT TO HELEN.
- CHAPTER VII. A COURT-MARTIAL.
- CHAPTER VIII. HELEN PLEADS IN VAIN.
- CHAPTER IX. TOGETHER TO THE LAST.
- CHAPTER X. MR. JAMES BAYLEY.
- CHAPTER XI. THE VISION.
- CHAPTER XII. THE RETREAT FROM MANCHESTER TO CARLISLE.
- CHAPTER I. COLONEL TOWNLEY APPOINTED COMMANDANT OF THE CARLISLE GARRISON.
- CHAPTER II. ATHERTON TAKEN PRISONER.
- CHAPTER III. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
- CHAPTER IV. SURRENDER OF CARLISLE TO THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
- CHAPTER I. THE ESCAPE AT WIGAN.
- CHAPTER II. THE MEETING AT WARRINGTON.
- CHAPTER III. ATHERTON TAKES REFUGE AT RAWCLIFFE HALL.
- CHAPTER IV. AN ENEMY IN THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER V. A POINT OF FAITH.
- CHAPTER VI. A LETTER FROM BEPPY BYROM.
- CHAPTER VII. ATHERTON QUESTIONS THE PRIEST.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SEARCH.
- CHAPTER IX. WHO WAS FOUND IN THE DISMANTLED ROOMS.
- CHAPTER X. A SUCCESSFUL STRATAGEM.
- CHAPTER XI. ATHERTON MEETS WITH DR. DEACON AT ROSTHERN.
- CHAPTER XII. A SAD COMMUNICATION IS MADE TO DR. DEACON.
- CHAPTER XIII. A JOURNEY TO LONDON PROPOSED.
- CHAPTER XIV. JEMMY DAWSON'S LETTER.
- CHAPTER XV. THE PARTING BETWEEN MONICA AND HER MOTHER.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE JOURNEY.
- CHAPTER I. MONICA VISITS JEMMY IN NEWGATE.
- CHAPTER II. COLONEL CONWAY.
- CHAPTER III. CUMBERLAND HOUSE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL OF THE MANCHESTER REBELS.
- CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXECUTIONS.
- CHAPTER VI. THE FATAL DAY.
- CHAPTER VII. FIVE YEARS LATER.
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