1930. Walpole wrote horror novels that tended more towards the psychological rather than supernatural, with a brooding underlying mysticism. This is the first volume of the Herries Chronicle, which stand among Walpole's greatest works. Rogue Herries, they called him, this haughty, swaggering, wenching vagabond gentleman who sold his mistress for thirty pieces of silver and buried a witch in his garden. But neither the wife who loved him so mutely, nor the mistresses, nor the son who loved him longest, understood his utter loneliness nor the dream of a snow white charger and a hill of ice. They could not guess the fierce longing for an unattainable ideal that sent him bitter with desire for the world that might be, reeling and carousing through the world that is. In Rogue Herries Walpole delivers a massive, vital, full-blooded novel, rich in story, rich in background and incredibly rich in the portrayal of one of the most fascinating characters in literature. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Rogue Herries

Literature & Fiction

WALPOLE, Hugh

Genre Fiction

Macmillan

It had been the wish of her whole life to flee from all the Herries, but Walter Herries had challenged her, and she had taken up the challenge'. Judith Paris, now middle aged returns to the Lakes to deal with the bitter feud between the two branches of the family. A feud culminating in the construction by one branch of a huge house known as The Fortress, which will dominate the land of the others. But within this conflict the children of the two families have important roles to play.

The Fortress

The fourth and final volume of the Herries Chronicles, described as 'incomparably the best' in The Daily Telegraph is a love story of 'effortless brilliance' (Observer) which starts with the triumph of Judith Paris's hundredth birthday in the 1870's and then moves to the tragic disillusionment of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Set, predominantly, as before, amidst the grandeur of the lake district landscape, it tells the passionate and unforgettable story of Vanessa, Judith's Granddaughter and her n'er-do-well cousin Benjie whom she had sworn in childhood never to betray.

Vanessa

The Herries Chronicles: Volume 2

Contemporary

Pan/Macmillan

The Cathedral

Humor & Satire

The tale of Francis Herries, the "rogue" of the title. A violent and impetuous man, a faithless husband and a capricious father, the Borrowdale valley (his home for 40 years) and his unrequited love for gypsy Mirabell Starr are the two forces which drive him.

Rogue Herries (Herries Chronicle)

THE FORTRESS.

Macmillan Co.

Macmillan and Co., Limited

Set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole’s most delightful heroine. Daughter of Francis Herries and Mirabell Starr, Judith was described on publication as ‘the most delightful of Walpole’s heroines’. As impetuous, impulsive and passionate as her father, she is torn between her ambitions and her love of the wild beauty of the Lakes. Set partly in Paris during the French Revolution, and partly in the unforgettably romantic Cumbrian hamlet of Watendlath, it is the story of the two very different men who love her, and is both comic and moving, by turns tragic and triumphant.

Judith Paris

The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death: A Romantic Commentary

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Parenting & Relationships

Kessinger Publishing

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Rogue Herries

The Fortress

Vanessa

The Herries Chronicles: Volume 2

The Cathedral

Rogue Herries (Herries Chronicle)

THE FORTRESS.

Vanessa

Judith Paris

The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death: A Romantic Commentary