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Windsor Castle

William Harrison Ainsworth

Editorial: Aeneas Press

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Windsor in 1529: Henry has seen Anne Boleyn, Wolsey is falling, and Herne the Hunter rides the forest with antlers on his head and an offer for anyone desperate enough. Ainsworth briefly outsold Dickens and wrote thirty-nine novels; here he binds the Tudor court to a genuine Berkshire legend, and the result is history and folk horror in the same volume, which nobody else managed.
Disponible desde: 19/08/2026.
Longitud de impresión: 360 páginas.

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