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The De Lacy Inheritance - Softcover

Elizabeth Ashworth

 
9781905802364: The De Lacy Inheritance

Synopsis


Young Richard Fitz-Eustace s return from Palestine is far from joyous. Damned by leprosy he must bid his mother, grandmother and sisters a final and sorrowful farewell and leave his estates at Halton Castle forever. Condemned to shun the company of others he must now find a place of solitude where he can seek forgiveness for sins committed in the Holy Land for which he is certain he has earned God s curse. Resolved to live out his life as a hermit, he journey s north into the newly named county of Lancashire. But this is no arbitrary journey; there is one last obligation undertaken for his grandmother: that he will seek out her kinsman, Sir Robert de Lacy, at Cliderhou Castle and there press his consideration of her claim to his estate.

Meanwhile, at Halton, Richard s headstrong fourteen-year-old sister, Johanna is distraught. The fate of her beloved elder brother has done more than leave her bereft. Her other brother, ruthless and ambitious Roger has returned to take his place as head of the family. He and Johanna s mother have contrived a marriage for her to a wealthy old landowner, and without Richard s protection there seems little she can do about it unless of course she can escape and find him.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Ashworth is a former teacher who lives in Blackburn. Passionate about writing from an early age, she had her first story published in Pony Annual aged fifteen. Her published work includes several books about Lancashire local history and she is a regular contributor to Lancashire Magazine. She is now engaged in completing a companion novel to The de Lacy Inheritance entitled The Heiress of Hornby, set during the Wars of the Roses.

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