Windsor Castle [Hardcover]

William Harrison Ainsworth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2002

There is in the folklore of Shropshire and Herefordshire a figure known as Wild Eric who, with his pack of flying hounds (the Seven Whistlers) reins wild elemental terror on the woodlands in those parts. Windsor Castle is Ainsworth's tale of Herne the Hunter, and the hunter is an admixture of Wild Eric and a sort of Windsor Mephistopheles: in a very real way, this is a tale of the devil's special haunting of Henry VIII and all of those who so famously attended him.(Jacketless library hardcover.)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Borgo Press (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592249701
• ISBN-13: 978-1592249701
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,720,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A book that shows the mystique of an historical castle., January 29, 2005

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windsor Castle (New Portway Reprints) (Hardcover)

This little book is a blend of robustness and full-blooded adventure with a good deal of history intertwined within the story. The book covers the happenings within Windsor Castle between 1529 and 1536. A seven-year span that saw the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, and the ascendancy of Jane Seymour in King Henry VIII's life. There are an awful lot of characters in this book, but at this time in England's history large castles like Windsor were home and life to a small community. Ainsworth does a very good job of portraying these historical figures in his book. His character portraits, and his descriptions of castle life put the reader right into the picture.