The Last of the Barons — Volume 05
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In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, engl. Romanschriftsteller und Politiker, ist bekannt geworden durch seine populären historischen/metaphysischen und unvergleichlichen Romane wie „Zanoni“, „Rienzi“, „Die letzten Tage von Pompeji“ und „Das kommende Geschlecht“. Ihm wird die Mitgliedschaft in der sagenumwobenen Gemeinschaft der Rosenkreuzer nachgesagt. 1852 wurde er zum Kolonialminister von Großbritannien ernannt.
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The Last of the Barons — Volume 05 - Edward Bulwer Lytton
THE LAST OF THE BARONS — VOLUME 05
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK V.: CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 05
By
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Last of the Barons — Volume 05
Published by Silver Scroll Publishing
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First published circa 1873
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BOOK V.: CHAPTER I.
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AUTUMN HAD SUCCEEDED TO SUMMER, winter to autumn, and the spring of 1468 was green in England, when a gallant cavalcade was seen slowly winding the ascent of a long and gradual hill, towards the decline of day. Different, indeed, from the aspect which that part of the country now presents was the landscape that lay around them, bathed in the smiles of the westering sun. In a valley to the left, a full view of which the steep road commanded (where now roars the din of trade through a thousand factories), lay a long, secluded village. The houses, if so they might be called, were constructed entirely of wood, and that of the more perishable kind,—willow, sallow, elm, and plum- tree. Not one could boast a chimney; but the smoke from the single fire in each, after duly darkening the atmosphere within, sent its surplusage lazily and fitfully through a circular aperture in the roof. In fact, there was long in the provinces a prejudice against chimneys! The smoke was considered good both for house and