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Preston Fight, Or the Insurrection of 1715

Preston Fight, Or the Insurrection of 1715

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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Author
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Title
Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715
Credits
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
49851
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49851
Release Date
September 2, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PRESTON FIGHT or THE INSURRECTION OF 1715
  2. 2.By William Harrison Ainsworth — Author of “The Tower of London” — WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, ESQ, Ph.D., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., Etc., Etc.
  3. 3.PRESTON FIGHT.
  4. 4.BOOK THE FIRST —THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER.
  5. 5.I.—DILSTON CASTLE.
  6. 6.II.—THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGE.
  7. 7.III.—NICHOLAS RIBBLETON.
  8. 8.IV.—THE LITTLE CHAPEL.
  9. 9.V.—ANNA WEBB AND DOROTHY FORSTER.
  10. 10.VI.—LADY WEBB.
  11. 11.VII.—THE PROPOSAL.
  12. 12.VIII.—COLONEL OXBURGH AND HIS COMPANIONS.
  13. 13.IX.—CONFESSION.
  14. 14.X.—A BANQUET.
  15. 15.XI.—A MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN THE CHAPEL.
  16. 16.XII.—A LETTER FROM THE EARL OF MAR.
  17. 17.XIII.—THE BETROTHAL.
  18. 18.XIV.—THE SPY.
  19. 19.XV.—A GENERAL DEPARTURE. — END OF BOOK THE FIRST.
  20. 20.BOOK THE SECOND BAMBOROUGH CASTLE,
  21. 21.I.—THE HIGH SHERIFF.
  22. 22.II.—PURSUIT.
  23. 23.III.—LORD WIDDRINGTON.
  24. 24.IV.—DUNSTANBOROUGH CASTLE.
  25. 25.V.—HOW THE PRINCE WAS LODGED IN THE OLD FORTRESS.
  26. 26.VI.—ANNA'S ADVENTURE IN THE CAVERN.
  27. 27.VII.—AN ALARM.
  28. 28.VIII.—HOW THE SHERIFF AND HIS TROOP WERE CARED FOR.
  29. 29.IX.—THE PRINCE'S PARTING INJUNCTIONS TO LORD DERWENTWATER AND ANNA.
  30. 30.X.—THE ESCAPE. — END OF BOOK THE SECOND.
  31. 31.BOOK THE THIRD —THE INSURRECTION IN SCOTLAND.
  32. 32.I.—THE HUNTING IN BRAEMAR.
  33. 33.II.—BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH OF BORLUM.
  34. 34.III.—HOW THE STANDARD WAS SET UP, AND KING JAMES PROCLAIMED AT CASTLETOWN. — END OF BOOK THE THIRD.
  35. 35.BOOK THE FOURTH —THE RISING IN NORTHUMBERLAND.
  36. 36.I.—DILSTON REVISITED.
  37. 37.II. A WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE EARL'S ARREST.
  38. 38.III.—THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT
  39. 39.IV.—THE MAIDEN'S WALK.
  40. 40.V.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE PROVOKED SIR WILLIAM LORRAINE.
  41. 41.VI.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE JOINED THE EARL AT THE HUT.
  42. 42.VII.—HOW THE MAGISTRATES AND THE MILITIAMEN WERE FORCED TO QUIT THE CASTLE.
  43. 43.VIII.—HOW THE EARL TOOK LEAVE OF THE COUNTESS.
  44. 44.IX.—MAD-JACK HALL OF OTTERBURN.
  45. 45.X.—THE RACE ON SIMONSIDE.
  46. 46.XI.—WANNY CRAGS.
  47. 47.XII.—WARKWORTH CASTLE.
  48. 48.XIII.—ORGANISATION OF THE FORCE.
  49. 49.XIV.—THE EARL'S BRIEF VISIT TO DILSTON. — XV—HOW THE EARL WAS RESCUED BY NATHAN THE WOODCUTTER. — END OF BOOK THE FOURTH,
  50. 50.BOOK THE FIFTH —THE MARCH FROM HEXHAM TO LONGTOWN.
  51. 51.I.—THE JUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH COUNTRY SCOTS.
  52. 52.II.—MACKINTOSH'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
  53. 53.III.—SUNDAY AT KELSO.
  54. 54.IV.—A COUNCIL OF WAR.
  55. 55.V—FURTHER DISSENSIONS.
  56. 56.VI.—THE HIGHLANDERS REFUSE TO CROSS THE BORDER.
  57. 57.VII.—LORD WIDDRINGTON RETURNS FROM LANCASHIRE. — END OF BOOK THE FIFTH.
  58. 58.BOOK THE SIXTH —THE MARCH FROM PENRITH TO PRESTON.
  59. 59.I.—THE ROUT ON PENRITH FELL.
  60. 60.II.—MADAM BELLINGHAM.
  61. 61.III.—HORNBY CASTLE.
  62. 62.IV.—SIR HENRY HOGHTON AND THE QUAKER.
  63. 63.V.—HOW THE PRISONERS IN LANCASTER CASTLE WERE RELEASED.
  64. 64.VI.—LANCASHIRE WITCHES. — END OF BOOK THE SIXTH.
  65. 65.BOOK THE SEVENTH —THE ATTACK.
  66. 66.I.—PROUD PRESTON.
  67. 67.II.—HOW KING JAMES WAS PROCLAIMED FOR THE LAST TIME.
  68. 68.III.—THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY ARRIVE AT PRESTON.
  69. 69.IV.—MRS. SCARISBRICK.
  70. 70.V.—IMPORTANT RECRUITS.
  71. 71.VI.—THE BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL.
  72. 72.VII.—RALPH FAIRBROTHER.
  73. 73.VIII.—APATHY OF GENERAL FORSTER.
  74. 74.IX.—PARSON WOODS OF CHOWBENT.
  75. 75.X.—GENERAL WILLS ARRIVES AT PRESTON. — END OF BOOK THE SEVENTH.
  76. 76.BOOK THE EIGHTH —THE DEFENCE
  77. 77.I.—THE BARRICADES.
  78. 78.II.—WHAT THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY BEHELD FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE MANSION.
  79. 79.III.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ASSAULT.
  80. 80.IV.—ALTERCATION BETWEEN FORSTER AND MACKINTOSH.
  81. 81.V.—HOW THE TWO LARGE HOUSES IN CHURCH-STREET WERE TAKEN BY THE ASSAILANTS.
  82. 82.VI.—HOUSES BURNT BY THE ASSAILANTS.
  83. 83.VII.—THE WINDMILL BARRICADE.
  84. 84.VIII.—HOW THE TWO LARGE HOUSES WERE ILLUMINATED.
  85. 85.IX.—THE FORD.
  86. 86.X.—BY WHOM THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY WERE LIBERATED.
  87. 87.XI.—AN UNLUCKY SHOT. — END OF BOOK EIGHT
  88. 88.BOOK THE NINTH
  89. 89.I.—HOW A PARTY OF DRAGOONS WAS ROUTED BY CAPTAIN GORDON.
  90. 90.II. MEETING OF CARPENTER AND WILLS.
  91. 91.III.—GENERAL FORSTER WISHES TO CAPITULATE.
  92. 92.IV.—COLONEL OXBURGH PROPOSES TERMS OF SURRENDER TO WILLS.
  93. 93.V.—CAPTAIN DALZIEL HAS A CONFERENCE WITH WILLS.
  94. 94.VI.—HOW FORSTER LEARNT THAT HE HAD BEEN BETRAYED.
  95. 95.VII.—COLONEL COTTON.
  96. 96.VIII.—HOSTAGES REQUIRED.
  97. 97.IX—IN WHAT MANNER THE HOSTAGES WERE RECEIVED BY GENERAL WILLS.
  98. 98.X.—BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH DISSUADES THE EARL OF WINTOUN FROM SALLYING FORTH.
  99. 99.XI.—THE TERMS OF THE TREATY ARE ACCEPTED.
  100. 100.XII.—THE INSURGENT OFFICERS DELIVER UP THEIR SWORDS.
  101. 101.XIII.—HOW BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH PARTED WITH HIS CLAYMORE.
  102. 102.XIV.—THE TWO GENERALS ENTER THE TOWN.
  103. 103.XV.—THE TOWN IS PLUNDERED BY THE SOLDIERY.
  104. 104.XVI.—CAPTAIN SHAFTOE IS SHOT. — END OF BOOK THE NINTH.
  105. 105.BOOK THE TENTH —THE DUNGEON.
  106. 106.I—THE CHIEF INSURGENT PRISONERS ARE TAKEN TO LONDON.
  107. 107.II.—THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER IS IMPRISONED IN THE DEVEREUX TOWER.
  108. 108.III.—THE EARL OF NITHSDALE'S ESCAPE.
  109. 109.IV.—THE EARL OF WINTOUN'S ESCAPE.
  110. 110.V.—GENERAL FORSTER'S ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.
  111. 111.VI. BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH'S ESCAPE — END OF COOK THE TENTH.
  112. 112.BOOK THE ELEVENTH —THE SCAFFOLD.
  113. 113.I.—THE LAST PARTING BETWEEN THE EARL OF DERWENT-WATER AND THE COUNTESS.
  114. 114.II.—HOW LORD WIDDRINGTON TOOK A LAST LEAVE OF THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER.
  115. 115.III.—HOW THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER WAS BEHEADED.
  116. 116.IV.—WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CHAPEL AT DAGENHAM PARK.
  117. 117.V.—THE JOURNEY TO DILSTON.
  118. 118.VI.—THE INTERMENT. — THE END.

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