Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715. William Harrison Ainsworth

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       William Harrison Ainsworth

      Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664574862

Table of Contents

       PRESTON FIGHT.

       BOOK THE FIRST —THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER.

       I.—DILSTON CASTLE.

       II.—THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGE.

       III.—NICHOLAS RIBBLETON.

       IV.—THE LITTLE CHAPEL.

       V.—ANNA WEBB AND DOROTHY FORSTER.

       VI.—LADY WEBB.

       VII.—THE PROPOSAL.

       VIII.—COLONEL OXBURGH AND HIS COMPANIONS.

       IX.—CONFESSION.

       X.—A BANQUET.

       XI.—A MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN THE CHAPEL.

       XII.—A LETTER FROM THE EARL OF MAR.

       XIII.—THE BETROTHAL.

       XIV.—THE SPY.

       XV.—A GENERAL DEPARTURE.

       END OF BOOK THE FIRST.

       BOOK THE SECOND BAMBOROUGH CASTLE,

       I.—THE HIGH SHERIFF.

       II.—PURSUIT.

       III.—LORD WIDDRINGTON.

       IV.—DUNSTANBOROUGH CASTLE.

       V.—HOW THE PRINCE WAS LODGED IN THE OLD FORTRESS.

       VI.—ANNA'S ADVENTURE IN THE CAVERN.

       VII.—AN ALARM.

       VIII.—HOW THE SHERIFF AND HIS TROOP WERE CARED FOR.

       IX.—THE PRINCE'S PARTING INJUNCTIONS TO LORD DERWENTWATER AND ANNA.

       X.—THE ESCAPE.

       END OF BOOK THE SECOND.

       BOOK THE THIRD —THE INSURRECTION IN SCOTLAND.

       I.—THE HUNTING IN BRAEMAR.

       II.—BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH OF BORLUM.

       III.—HOW THE STANDARD WAS SET UP, AND KING JAMES PROCLAIMED AT CASTLETOWN.

       END OF BOOK THE THIRD.

       BOOK THE FOURTH —THE RISING IN NORTHUMBERLAND.

       I.—DILSTON REVISITED.

       II. A WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE EARL'S ARREST.

       III.—THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT

       IV.—THE MAIDEN'S WALK.

       V.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE PROVOKED SIR WILLIAM LORRAINE.

       VI.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE JOINED THE EARL AT THE HUT.

       VII.—HOW THE MAGISTRATES AND THE MILITIAMEN WERE FORCED TO QUIT THE CASTLE.

       VIII.—HOW THE EARL TOOK LEAVE OF THE COUNTESS.

       IX.—MAD-JACK HALL OF OTTERBURN.

       X.—THE RACE ON SIMONSIDE.

       XI.—WANNY CRAGS.

       XII.—WARKWORTH CASTLE.

       XIII.—ORGANISATION OF THE FORCE.

       XIV.—THE EARL'S BRIEF VISIT TO DILSTON.