The Heiress of Haddon (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Heiress of HaddonThe story of Dorothy Vernon's romantic wooing and marriage is known in some legendary form or other all the kingdom over, but more especially in the Midlands, and in Derbyshire, where this interesting drama was enacted some 300 years ago. Few people, however, know more than the merest outline of the event, which is here detailed in a highly interesting form, and offered as a complete and historical romance.Probably nothing more fascinating exists in the annals of English History than the story, telling how the estates of Haddon became the property of the ducal house of Rutland. This is here fully related, together with an account of the trials which Dorothy and her lover had to undergo, in a courtship which was forbidden on the one hand by the lady's father, Sir George Vernon - the King of the Peak - and opposed by the machinations of a jealous lover on the other.Much of the interest of the tale is centred in the neighbour hood of Haddon and the surrounding district, and scenes of importance are also enacted at Derby, Matlock, Rowsley, Dale Abbey, ashby-de-la-zouch, London, and Nottingham. In the course of the story many Old English Customs of that period are described.The story is already favourably known, having appeared in serial form in the High Peak News.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.