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When Sir Philip Harclay returns to England after a long absence, he finds that his childhood friend, Arthur, Lord Lovel, is no longer alive, and that the castle and estates of the Lovel family have twice changed hands. But a mysteriously abandoned set of rooms in the castle of Lovel promises to disclose the secrets of the past. After a series of frantic episodes and surprising revelations, culminating in a trial by combat, the crimes of the usurper and the legitimacy of the true heir are finally discovered.
`The literary offspring of the castle of Otranto`, as Reeve described it, The Old English Baron provides an ambitious rewriting of Horace Walpole`s groundbreaking work, transporting the trappings of the Gothic to medieval England. Innovative and original in its day, Reeve`s historical romance is increasingly recognized as a major influence on the development of Gothic fiction.
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Pages : 176
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