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Rookwood

William Harrison Ainsworth 
(1805 - 1882)

Read by Paul Curran

Run Time 16 Hours 57 Minutes in 16 Audio CDs

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centering on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to a modern audience, Ainsworth's 'Rookwood' gave the world the image of the highwayman with which we are all so familiar.



Chapter Titles in Audiobook:
Book 1:
Chapter 00 - Memoir
Chapter 00 - To My Mother & Preface 
Chapter 01 - The Vault 
Chapter 02 - The Skeleton Hand 
Chapter 03 - The Park
Chapter 04 - The Hall
Chapter 05 - Sir Reginald Rookwood 
Chapter 06 - Sir Piers Rookwood 
Chapter 07 - The Return 
Chapter 08 - An Irish Adventurer
Chapter 09 - An English Adventurer 
Chapter 10 - Ranulph Rookwood 
Chapter 11 - Lady Rookwood 
Chapter 12 - The Chamber of Death
Chapter 13 - The Brothers 
Book 2:
Chapter 01 - The Storm 
Chapter 02 - The Funeral Oration
Chapter 03 - The Churchyard 
Chapter 04 - The Funeral 
Chapter 05 - The Captive 
Chapter 06 - The Apparition 
Book 3:
Chapter 01 - A Morning Ride
Chapter 02 - A Gipsy Encampment 
Chapter 03 - Sybil
Chapter 04 - Barbara Lovel
Chapter 05 - The Inauguration
Chapter 06 - Eleanor Mowbray
Chapter 07 - Mrs Mowbray
Chapter 08 - The Parting 
Chapter 09 - The Philter 
Chapter 10 - St. Cyprian's Cell 
Chapter 11 - The Bridal 
Chapter 12 - Alan Rookwood 
Chapter 13 - Mr Coates 
Chapter 14 - Dick Turpin
Book 4:
Chapter 01 - The Rendezvous at Kilburn 
Chapter 02 - Tom King
Chapter 03 - A Surprise 
Chapter 04 - The Hue and Cry 
Chapter 05 - The Short Pipe 
Chapter 06 - Black Bess 
Chapter 07 - The York Stage 
Chapter 08 - Roadside Inn 
Chapter 09 - Excitement 
Chapter 10 - The Gibbet 
Chapter 11 - The Phantom Steed 
Chapter 12 - Cawood Ferry 
Book 5:
Chapter 01 - The Hut on Thorne Waste
Chapter 02 - Major Mowbray
Chapter 03 - Handassah 
Chapter 04 - The Dower of Sybil 
Chapter 05 - The Sarcophagus
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