Tower of London : an historical romance, no. 09

A historical romance that describes the history of Lady Jane Grey from her short-lived time as Queen of England to her execution. The original parts, issued monthly January to December 1840. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and engraved by Thomas Williams. Printed by Bradbury & Evans. Book II, Chapters XXI-Book II, Chapter XXV: Chapter XXI. How Lord Guilford Dudley and Lady Jane were arraigned and attainted of high treason; and how they were pardoned by Queen Mary -- Chapter XXII. Of Jane's return to Sion House; and of her endeavours to dissuade her husband from joining the conspiracy against Queen Mary -- Chapter XXIII. How Xit was imprisoned in the Constable Tower; and how he was wedded to the "Scavenger's Daughter." -- Chapter XXIV. How Xit escaped from the Constable Tower; and how he found Cicely -- Chapter XXV. Of the arrival of the imperial ambassadors; and of the signing of the marriage-treaty between Mary and Philip of Spain

In Collection:

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Creator

• Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882

Contributor

• Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
• Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871

Subject

• Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554
• Queens
• Historical fiction
• Regicide

Publisher

• London : Richard Bentley

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Call Number: PR4002 T6 1840

Date created

• 1840

Relation

•  https://search.library.uvic.ca/permalink/01VIC_INST/71bv5b/alma9933600763807291

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 13 parts in 12 issues

Alternative title

• Book the second, Mary the Queen

Edition

• First edition, first issue

Additional physical characteristics

• Illustrations. Complete set contains 40 steel engravings and 58 woodcuts, all designed by George Cruickshank, T.W. sc [Thomas Williams engraver]. Two armorial bookplates on inside of wrap : [1] "Ex Libris Samuel Henry Austin" ; [2] "Reuben Jay Flick".

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• fiction (general genre)
• books
• serials (publications)
• publications (documents)
• novels

Date digitized

• June 28, 2017

Technical note

• 600dpi tiffs. Parts 1-4 scanned by CDeWolfe using a Plustek Optic book scanner. Parts 5-13 scanned by KMercer using a Plusteck OpticBook A300 book scanner. No colour correction or editing of images. Metadata by MH and KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/4rnv-w164