Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Romance
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The novelGuy Fawkesfirst appeared as a serial inBentley's Miscellany, between January and November 1840. It was subsequently published as a three-volume set inJuly 1841, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. The first of William Harrison Ainsworth's seven "Lancashire novels", the story is based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Ainsworth relied heavily on historical documents describing the trial and execution of the conspirators, of whom Fawkes was one, but he also embellished the known facts. He invented the character of Viviana Ra...
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- TO MRS. HUGHES,
- KINGSTON LISLE, BERKS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- GUY FAWKES.
- Book the First. THE PLOT.
- CHAPTER I. AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- CHAPTER II. ORDSALL CAVE.
- CHAPTER III. ORDSALL HALL
- CHAPTER IV. THE SEARCH.
- CHAPTER V. CHAT MOSS.
- CHAPTER VI. THE DISINTERMENT.
- CHAPTER VII. DOCTOR DEE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE MAGIC GLASS.
- CHAPTER IX. THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE.
- CHAPTER X. THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT.
- CHAPTER XI. THE PILGRIMAGE TO ST. WINIFRED'S WELL.
- CHAPTER XII. THE VISION.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE CONSPIRATORS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE PACKET.
- CHAPTER XV. THE ELIXIR.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE RENCOUNTER.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPLANATION.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL.
- Book the Second. THE DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER I. THE LANDING OF THE POWDER.
- CHAPTER II. THE TRAITOR.
- CHAPTER III. THE ESCAPE PREVENTED.
- CHAPTER IV. THE MINE.
- CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA.
- CHAPTER VI. THE CELLAR.
- CHAPTER VII. THE STAR-CHAMBER.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER.
- CHAPTER IX. THE COUNTERPLOT.
- CHAPTER X. WHITE WEBBS.
- CHAPTER XI. THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST.
- CHAPTER XII. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE EXAMINATION.
- Book the Third. THE CONSPIRATORS.
- CHAPTER I. HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE.
- CHAPTER II. SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA.
- CHAPTER III. HUDDINGTON.
- CHAPTER IV. HOLBEACH.
- CHAPTER V. THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION.
- CHAPTER VI. HAGLEY.
- CHAPTER VII. VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL.
- CHAPTER VIII. HENDLIP.
- CHAPTER IX. WHITEHALL.
- CHAPTER X. THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM.
- CHAPTER XI. THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON.
- CHAPTER XII. THE TRAITOR BETRAYED.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE TRIAL.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA.
- CHAPTER XV. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.
- CHAPTER XVI. OLD PALACE YARD.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST EXECUTION.
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