The Last of the Barons (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- First Published: 1843
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: 1467-1471
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Earl of Warwick, Isabella, Anne, Katherine de Bonville, Edward IV, William de Hastings, Adam Warner, Sibyll, Nicholas Alwyn, Marmaduke Nevile
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Power, personal or social, Politics, England or English people, Fathers, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fifteenth century, Battles, Merchants, Nobility, Throne restoration
- Locales: England
The Story:
Just outside London, a crowd had gathered to watch an archery contest. Several shot at the white cloth on the butt, but no one hit the mark squarely. Then in a haughty and preoccupied way a commoner stepped up, fitted his arrow, and pierced the center of the white field. While his fellow tradesmen applauded, he dropped back into the crowd.
A young noble, who was not entered in the contest, borrowed a bow. With sure aim, he hit fairly the little peg that secured the cloth to the butt. He gallantly returned the bow and strode away. As he was leaving, the...
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