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This early work is William Harrison Ainsworth’s 1841 historical romance, “Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason”. The first book in Ainsworth’s of "Lancashire novels" series, it deals with the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605. An exciting and masterful retelling of the scheme to destroy British Parliament, this book is highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Ainsworth’s work. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) was an English novelist, famous for his historical fiction. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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