Penmarric
by:
Susan Howatch (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780449224298 (0449224295)
Publish date: July 12th 1984
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Pages no: 704
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!], ...