
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Etext produced by Charles Franks and the Distributed Proofreaders Team HTML file produced by David Widger
Release date
2004-05-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1805–1882
A bestselling Victorian storyteller, this Manchester-born novelist became famous for fast-moving historical romances packed with crime, folklore, and old England atmosphere. His books helped shape 19th-century popular fiction, with titles like Rookwood and The Tower of London standing out among his best-known works.
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