Penmarric
by:
Susan Howatch (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781451683646 (1451683642)
ASIN: 1451683642
Publish date: December 31st 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 744
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Historical Romance,
19th Century,
Womens Fiction,
Gothic
Penmarric begins as Mark Castallack and his mother Maud, cheated out of their inheritance by a scheming relative, wage a years long court battle to regain possession of the lands of Penmar and the great house that sits upon it, Penmarric. After twelve years and almost losing hope, fate takes a turn ...
I read this book in rebellion against a reading class for which the only work to get an 'A' was to read X number of pages. I think all of Susan Howatch's works are bricks. This was an easy way to get my quarter's 'A'. I don't know if Mrs. Eddington believed that I actually read it [I did, honest!], ...