"The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45" by William Harrison Ainsworth William Harrison Ainsworth was an English historical novelist. In this book, he takes on the Jacobite War, focusing on Manchester's role in the conflict. The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45, was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne and saw relations between Scotland and England becoming ever-tense.
