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John de Lancaster: a novel; vol. I.

by Richard Cumberland

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical27 chapters
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About this book

In 18th-century Merionethshire, Cecilia De Lancaster dutifully manages her ancestral home and fends off the persistent, boisterous advances of Sir Owen ap Owen, whose rustic charm contrasts sharply with her refined world and steadfast resolve.

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Contents

27 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02BOOK THE FIRST.
03CHAPTER I. The Reader is made acquainted with the Family of De Lancaster.
04CHAPTER II. Conversation in a Library.
05CHAPTER III. An Accession to the ancient Family of De Lancaster.
06CHAPTER IV.
07CHAPTER V. An importunate Visitor interrupts the Business of the Morning.
08CHAPTER VI.
09CHAPTER VII.
10CHAPTER VIII.
11CHAPTER IX.
12BOOK THE SECOND.

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