The old English baron
By: Clara Reeve ; edited by James Trainer ; with an introduction and notes by James Watt.
Contributors: Trainer, James, 1932-; Watt, James.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.; Nobility -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461 -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxviii]-xxx).