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THE TOWER OF LONDON

A Historical Romance

By William Harrison Ainsworth

ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,

MDCCCXL





CONTENTS

PREFACE.


BOOK ONE

I.—OF THE MANNER IN WHICH QUEEN JANE ENTERED THE TOWER OF LONDON.

II.-OF THE INDIGNITY SHOWN TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL BY THE DUKE OF
NORTHUMBERLAND; AND OF THE RESOLUTION TAKEN BY SIMON RENARD TO AVENGE
THEM.

III.-OF THE THREE GIANTS OF THE TOWER, OG, GOG, AND MAGOG; OF XIT, THE
DWARF; OF THE FAIR C