![]() ![]() The DeMornays occupy the castle with children, soldiers, social acquaintances, and domestic help. The romantic ruin and its fabled history inspired Eliza’s last novel, which established her as a best-selling author in 1796. The twelfth-century Bungay Castle is a real place, purchased by the author’s husband at her request. Bonhote (1744-1818) wrote four novels, and verse that appeared in provincial newspapers. The story is 200 years old, a feminine Gothic novel by a writer ahead of her time for reversing gender stereotypes: her damsels save young men from doom and virginal daughters rebel against patriarchal commands. “In the middle of a cold and inclement winter’s night, when the wind blew with uncontrollable force, and the snow, rain, and hail beat with fury against the windows … came a loud rapping at the western gate.” Thus begins this mystery, splendidly woven into the tapestry of a colorful Gothic tale and a time of lords, ladies, and filthy rich barons searching for innocent maidens. ![]()
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