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The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45 Volume 1

Author
William Harrison Ainsworth
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
2 hours 48 minutes
ISBN
9781836100935
Published
16 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Great Plague
  • Great Fire of London
  • 17th-century London
  • historical disaster
  • Gothic drama
  • survival
  • religious fanaticism
  • love and betrayal
  • urban catastrophe
  • human resilience

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The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal ’45 is set during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, focusing on Manchester as Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s forces advance south. Atherton Legh is drawn into political intrigue, torn between loyalty and love for Constance Rawcliffe. As rebellion stirs the town, secrets, betrayals, and a lost heir emerge. William Harrison Ainsworth blends romance and history to portray idealism, divided allegiances, and the tragic cost of rebellion.

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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