Title: The old English baron
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.
Subjects: England in fiction, Fiction, Great Britain in fiction, History, Inheritance and succession, Inheritance and succession in fiction, Nobility, Nobility in fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, general, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Middle Ages, English Horror tales
Places: England, Great Britain, Italy
People: Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
Time periods: Henry VI, 1422-1461