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William Harrison Ainsworth, author Percy Frederick seaton Spence British soldiers searching captured GermanWilliam Harrison Ainsworth, author, 1881. Ainsworth (1805 1882) was a prolific writer of historical romantic fiction. His best known works were 'Rookwood' (1834), which popularised the story of the highwayman Dick Turpin, and 'Windsor Castle' (1843), which concerns the legend of Herne the Hunter. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law,