Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 190 Ainsworth, William Harrison 1805 1882 Ainsworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ainsworth, W. H. (William Harrison) Ainsworth, Harrison Ainworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ticheburn, Cheviot The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2 Etext produced by Charles Franks and the Distributed Proofreaders Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical fiction novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative centers around themes of betrayal, revenge, and politics in the context of the infamous Star Chamber, a court that represented an antagonistic force in society during the Stuart period. Key characters include Lady Lake, Sir Thomas Lake, and the ambitious Sir Jocelyn Mounchensey, whose fates intertwine in a tale laden with intrigue and treachery. At the start of this volume, we are introduced to the dire situation of Lady Roos, who is gravely ill due to suspected poisoning, alongside her mother, Lady Lake. The opening chapters depict the scheming around the forged confession that indicates Lady Lake's involvement in dark plots, as well as her increasingly desperate quest for vengeance against those who have wronged her and her family. The tension builds as they navigate a web of deceit involving characters such as the apothecary Luke Hatton, who harbors sinister intentions, and the machinations of courtly rivals like the Countess of Exeter and Lord Roos. This sets the stage for a complex interplay of love, loyalty, and greed, promising readers a gripping continuation of the drama established in the first volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Fiction PR Text Historical Fiction Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 472968 2025-06-05T09:57:24.099989 text/html 469979 2020-12-14T22:45:03 text/html 260411 2025-06-05T09:57:34.282916 application/epub+zip 268810 2025-06-05T09:57:28.309982 application/epub+zip 231270 2025-06-05T09:57:26.702955 application/epub+zip 561083 2025-06-05T09:57:38.788921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525865 2025-06-05T09:57:33.121941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393432 2022-09-06T20:28:02.785249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407893 2023-10-06T05:16:49.152749 text/plain 16324 2025-06-05T09:57:38.925898 application/rdf+xml 22685 2025-06-05T09:57:27.313950 image/jpeg 4921 2025-06-05T09:57:26.992963 image/jpeg 253615 2025-06-05T09:57:24.138982 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia