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Rookwood Volume 1

Author
William Harrison Ainsworth
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
6 hours 3 minutes
ISBN
9781836100843
Published
16 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Gothic romance
  • inheritance dispute
  • family secrets
  • cursed legacy
  • highwayman
  • Dick Turpin
  • betrayal
  • prophecy
  • historical fiction
  • revenge

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Description

Rival heirs fight for the Rookwood inheritance as dark prophecy, forbidden love, and highwayman Dick Turpin pull a cursed manor into ambition and revenge. Spoken as when a family's legacy still asks who inherits blood as well as land.

Author

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) was the great Victorian showman of historical romance — a novelist who filled magazines and bookstalls with highwaymen, witches, Tudor courts, and London underworlds. Rookwood made Dick Turpin a legend; Jack Sheppard turned a thief into a popular hero; The Lancashire Witches brought the Pendle trials back to feverish life.

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