The Mysterious Freebooter; or, The Days of Queen Bess (Gothic Classics) [Paperback]

Francis Lathom (Author), James D Jenkins (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Gothic Classics | Publication Date: January 31, 2007

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 556 pages
• Publisher: Valancourt Books; Valancourt Book edition (January 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977784193
• ISBN-13: 978-0977784196
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,704,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars actually, it's really good, July 12, 2008

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This review is from: The Mysterious Freebooter; or, The Days of Queen Bess (Gothic Classics) (Paperback)

Just like the back of the book says, a girl falls in love with an orphaned fellow and her father is trying to force her to marry a wealthy lord. Does it sound like any other romance novel you have ever read yet? Perhaps a little "Romeo and Juliet"? That part should. It is what comes after that makes all the difference, and there is a whole lot after. The characters are far more realistic than any other gothic novel I have ever read. Beware, there is crying and fainting, but it is warranted. They don't wallow in melancholic feelings. And when ever anyone finds them selves locked in a room, they don't spend a week crying and complaining about the unfairness of others, they actually try realistic ways of escape. Prison, shipwreck, war the hero meets many people and goes through many adventures. Rosalind has to be one of my favorite gothic girls because she really does everything within the limits of her power to better her dramatic circumstances. This book also displays both the very clear limitations and the advantages of nobility, femininity, and masculinity without being unrealistically sexist.