This book was entertaining in that “This is utter trash” kinda way lol If you’re in the mood for something chaotic, with inconsistent characters and repetitive storyline then give it a try I guess

“Più si ha fretta più consigliabile è rallentare…”

Un libro storico con una cruda illustrazione dei fatti ,molti sono vicende accadute tra il 1703 e 1975 con personaggi vissuti realmente altre sono creazioni dell’autore per poter esprimere meglio una idea , per esempio Ainsworth aggiunge il personagg

I knew little about this writer before, save that he wrote sensationalist literature at about the same time as Charles Dickens, including a novel called ‘Rookswood’ which reputedly featured a highly glamorised version of Dick Turpin.

It seems that he was at one time massively popular with the Victori

A melodramatic, but to my mind stirring and exciting book.
Harrison Ainsworth was once a best selling author, and his sensationalist writng was much despised by Victorian critics.
I really enjoyed this, even though the characters lack emotional depth by modern standards. The author changes some of the

Was it only last summer I was reading Rookwood?

Last summer when I was snuggled in sheepskin rugs in a large teepee, having feasted on cheese toasted on a fire and swigs of single-malt whisky. There I snuggled with the crazy, over-the-top story of curses and storms, highwaymen and gypsies, secret bro

If Maroon 5 Had Lived In The Eighteenth Century

So put me in chains
If you feel like,
Try to cause me pain,
If it feels right
You lock me away, and tell me to stay,
But I won’t behave

You wanted my skills
So we waited
I’ve put on a show
And I’ve made it
You call me a prig
Your ego is big
I don’t give a fig
And i

Used this book as a way to keep my mind moving during breaks at work. The fairly short chapters and general constant action made it very entertaining for that purpose and despite the archaic language in spots a fairly quick read.

This is an embellished cautionary tale meant to sway impressionable chi

Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard is not for anyone who likes to pause for a breath while reading a novel. The pace is swift, the characters in constant movement and the plot lacks subtlety, but what a fun ride! The story is based on a famous highwayman named Jack Sheppard. Ainsworth makes full use of the f