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1848 novel

James the Second is an 1848 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was published in three volumes by Henry Colburn. It is set during the reign of James II and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It was published the same year as a series of European revolutions broke out.

References

Bloom, Harold (ed.) The Victorian Novel. Infobase Publishing, 2004.
Carver, Stephen James. The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
Ellis, Stewart Marsh. William Harrison Ainsworth and His Friends, Volume 2. Garland Publishing, 1979.
Slater, John Herbert. Early Editions: A Bibliographical Survey of the Works of Some Popular Modern Authors. K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Company, 1894.

v t e William Harrison Ainsworth
People	George Cruikshank Charles Dickens William Makepeace Thackeray
Novels	Rookwood (1834) Crichton (1837) Jack Sheppard (1839) Guy Fawkes (1840) The Tower of London (1840) Old St. Paul's (1841) The Miser's Daughter (1842) Windsor Castle (1842) St. James's (1844) Auriol (1844) The Lancashire Witches (1848) James the Second (1848) The Flitch of Bacon (1854) The Spendthrift (1857) The Constable of the Tower (1861) Cardinal Pole (1863) John Law (1864) The Spanish Match (1865) Old Court (1867) Myddleton Pomfret (1868) Hilary St. Ives (1870) Boscobel (1872) Preston Fight (1875)
Other	Ainsworth's novels origin dispute Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth

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