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Preston Fight

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Book the First — The Earl of Derwentwater
  3. 3II — The Chevalier de Saint George
  4. 4III — Nicholas Ribbleton
  5. 5IV — The Little Chapel
  6. 6V — Anna Webb and Dorothy Forster
  7. 7VI — Lady Webb
  8. 8VII — The Proposal
  9. 9VIII — Colonel Oxburgh and His Companions
  10. 10IX — Confession
  11. 11X — A Banquet
  12. 12XI — A Mysterious Occurrence in the Chapel
  13. 13XII — A Letter From the Earl of Mar
  14. 14XIII — The Betrothal
  15. 15XIV — The Spy
  16. 16XV — A General Departure
  17. 17Book the Second Bamborough Castle
  18. 18II — Pursuit
  19. 19III — Lord Widdrington
  20. 20IV — Dunstanborough Castle
  21. 21V — How the Prince Was Lodged in the Old Fortress
  22. 22VI — Anna’s Adventure in the Cavern
  23. 23VII — An Alarm
  24. 24VIII — How the Sheriff and His Troop Were Cared For
  25. 25IX — The Prince’s Parting Injunctions to Lord Derwentwater and Anna
  26. 26X — The Escape
  27. 27Book the Third — The Insurrection in Scotland
  28. 28II — Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum
  29. 29III — How the Standard Was Set Up, and King James Proclaimed at Cas…
  30. 30Book the Fourth — The Rising in Northumberland
  31. 31II — A Warrant Issued for the Earl’s Arrest
  32. 32III — The Woodcutter’s Hut
  33. 33IV — The Maiden’s Walk
  34. 34V — How Charles Radclyffe Provoked Sir William Lorraine
  35. 35VI — How Charles Radclyffe Joined the Earl at the Hut
  36. 36VII — How the Magistrates and the Militiamen Were Forced to Quit th…
  37. 37VIII — How the Earl Took Leave of the Countess
  38. 38IX — Mad-Jack Hall of Otterburn
  39. 39X — The Race on Simonside
  40. 40XI — Wanny Crags
  41. 41XII — Warkworth Castle
  42. 42XIII — Organisation of the Force
  43. 43XIV — The Earl’s Brief Visit to Dilston
  44. 44Book the Fifth — The March From Hexham to Longtown
  45. 45II — Mackintosh’s Achievements
  46. 46III — Sunday at Kelso
  47. 47IV — A Council of War
  48. 48V — Further Dissensions
  49. 49VI — The Highlanders Refuse to Cross the Border
  50. 50VII — Lord Widdrington Returns From Lancashire
  51. 51Book the Sixth — The March From Penrith to Preston
  52. 52II — Madam Bellingham
  53. 53III — Hornby Castle
  54. 54IV — Sir Henry Hoghton and the Quaker
  55. 55V — How the Prisoners in Lancaster Castle Were Released
  56. 56VI — Lancashire Witches
  57. 57Book the Seventh — The Attack
  58. 58II — How King James Was Proclaimed for the Last Time
  59. 59III — The Countess and Dorothy Arrive at Preston
  60. 60IV — Mrs. Scarisbrick
  61. 61V — Important Recruits
  62. 62VI — The Ball at the Town-Hall
  63. 63VII — Ralph Fairbrother
  64. 64VIII — Apathy of General Forster
  65. 65IX — Parson Woods of Chowbent
  66. 66X — General Wills Arrives at Preston
  67. 67Book the Eighth — The Defence
  68. 68II — What the Countess and Dorothy Beheld From the Summit of the Ma…
  69. 69III — The Commencement of the Assault
  70. 70IV — Altercation Between Forster and Mackintosh
  71. 71V — How the Two Large Houses in Church-Street Were Taken by the Ass…
  72. 72VI — Houses Burnt by the Assailants
  73. 73VII — The Windmill Barricade
  74. 74VIII — How the Two Large Houses Were Illuminated
  75. 75IX — The Ford
  76. 76X — By Whom the Countess and Dorothy Were Liberated
  77. 77XI — An Unlucky Shot
  78. 78Book the Ninth — I — How a Party of Dragoons Was Routed by Captain…
  79. 79II — Meeting of Carpenter and Wills
  80. 80III — General Forster Wishes to Capitulate
  81. 81IV — Colonel Oxburgh Proposes Terms of Surrender to Wills
  82. 82V — Captain Dalziel Has a Conference With Wills
  83. 83VI — How Forster Learnt That He Had Been Betrayed
  84. 84VII — Colonel Cotton
  85. 85VIII — Hostages Required
  86. 86IX — In What Manner the Hostages Were Received by General Wills
  87. 87X — Brigadier Mackintosh Dissuades the Earl of Wintoun From Sallyin…
  88. 88XI — The Terms of the Treaty Are Accepted
  89. 89XII — The Insurgent Officers Deliver Up Their Swords
  90. 90XIII — How Brigadier Mackintosh Parted With His Claymore
  91. 91XIV — The Two Generals Enter the Town
  92. 92XV — The Town Is Plundered by the Soldiery
  93. 93XVI — Captain Shaftoe Is Shot
  94. 94Book the Tenth — The Dungeon
  95. 95II — The Earl of Derwentwater Is Imprisoned in the Devereux Tower
  96. 96III — The Earl of Nithsdale’s Escape
  97. 97IV — The Earl of Wintoun’s Escape
  98. 98V — General Forster’s Escape From Newgate
  99. 99VI — Brigadier Mackintosh’s Escape
  100. 100Book the Eleventh — The Scaffold
  101. 101II — How Lord Widdrington Took a Last Leave of the Earl of Derwentw…
  102. 102III — How the Earl of Derwentwater Was Beheaded
  103. 103IV — What Happened in the Chapel at Dagenham Park
  104. 104V — The Journey to Dilston
  105. 105VI — The Interment

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