The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A RomanceValancourt Books, 2007 - 546 pages The year is 1587. Conflicts with Scottish borderers and rampaging banditti threaten England's peace and security, and Queen Elizabeth orders Lord William de Mowbray to fortify his castle against the invaders. Meanwhile, within the castle, Lord William's daughter Rosalind has fallen in love with the orphan Edward and will do anything to avoid a forced marriage with the sinister Lord Rufus de Madginecourt. Incensed at learning of Rosalind's love for Edward, Lord William sends him to Flanders, where he arranges to have him unjustly imprisoned. With her Edward unable to protect her, can Rosalind withstand the combined persecutions of her father and Lord Rufus? Who is Allanrod, the mysterious Scottish freebooter who seems determined to possess her? And what is the bloodstained spectre clad in black armour the servants have seen haunting the castle grounds? An incredible success when it first appeared in 1806, The Mysterious Freebooter was Francis Lathom's most popular novel and one of the bestselling novels of the first half of the nineteenth century. This new edition makes The Mysterious Freebooter - which is as entertaining and suspenseful today as when it was first published - available to new generations of readers. |
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... asked , returning some steps into the middle of the apartment . " I thought I heard a sigh , β replied Rosalind ... asked Rosalind , β when , if the draught prove bitter gall itself , ' tis drank for life ? " " But if those who have ...
... asked De Mowbray . " You were unlucky the other day , " returned the manβ β you met with one of our chief's first favourites . " " Whom do you mean ? " asked the Baron . " His name is Frasier , " was the reply ; " he that got the nine ...
... asked Rosalind of Dame Edith , when they had passed the group which had attracted her attention . " Some of the foolish virgins , who do not put oil into their lamps , " returned the dame , " wasting their time in folly and idleness ...
Contents
Editors Note | vii |
The Mysterious Freebooter or The Days of Queen Bess | 9 |
Contemporary Reviews | 545 |
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