"on his property by the London and South Western Railway Company, but he was unable to prevent the building of the railway station almost directly opposite his house. Blackmore began a career as writer by publishing collections of poetry, before turning to novel-writing. His third novel, which became his best known and most successful, ""Lorna Doone"" (1869), established him in the front rank of British novelists of that time. With it, he pioneered a new romantic movement in English fiction. The novel's overwhelming popularity was only secured when it appeared as a one-volume edition, as distinct from the unsuccessful three-volume"
"for Blackmore's historical understanding is Macaulay's ""History of England"" and its analysis of the Monmouth rebellion. Along with the historical aspects are folk traditions, such as the many legends based around both the Doones and Tom Faggus. The composer Puccini once considered using the story as the plot for an opera, but abandoned the idea. The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water region of Exmoor in Devon and Somerset, England. John (in West Country dialect, pronounced ""Jan"") Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the"
"Richard Doddridge Blackmore's romantic novel of 1869, Farmer John Ridd rescues his brother-in-law Tom Faggus from the battlefield of Sedgwick, but is captured as a rebel, and is brought before Judge Jefferies. Another novel covering the events of the Rebellion was Sir Walter Besant's ""For Faith and Freedom"". The events immediately before and after the Battle of Sedgemoor, and leading up to James II's exile following The Glorious Revolution provide the setting for Robert Neill's historical novel ""Lilliburlero"". The aftermath of the Rebellion is the setting for A.E.W. Mason's 1896 novel The Courtship of Morrice Buckler. Monmouth Rebellion The Monmouth"
"R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Blackmore, often referred to as the ""Last Victorian"", was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He has been described as ""proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred."" Apart"
"improbable in construction and incident, and most tedious in narration."" On the other hand, the ""Westminster Review"" stated that ""in some respects we consider ""Erema"" his finest work,"" and George Barnett Smith in the ""International Review"" gave the novel high praise calling it ""the greatest of the works of this author"" and stating that ""this novel is especially engrossing from its depth of human interest, and probably represents the high-water mark of Mr. Blackmore's genius"". Erema Erema; or, my father's sin is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1877. The novel is narrated by a teenage girl"
"Stormrider Stormrider is a fantasy novel by British writer David Gemmell, published in 2002. It is the fourth and last novel in the Rigante series. In northern part of the land lies the Moidart and the city of Eldacre; further north is the location of the Rigante clans. This is the place that the highlanders have settled remain free. The Moidart's son, Gaise Macon (known by the Rigante soul name of 'Stormrider') is in the Royalist king's army, and serves loyally. An old prophecy is making him a hunted man by Lord Winterbourne, the leader of the Redeemer Knights, a"
"placed ""Springhaven"" second only to ""The Maid of Sker"" as his best novel. Springhaven Springhaven: a tale of the Great War is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1887. It is set in Sussex during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and revolves around the plots of the villainous Captain Caryl Carne who attempts to aid a French invasion. ""Springhaven"" is set in Sussex during the Napoleonic Wars. It is called ""a Tale of the Great War,"" because Nelson and Napoleon are brought conspicuously on the scene, which is laid in the years preceding and following the"
"Jessica Bird Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist. Under her maiden name, Jessica Bird, she writes contemporary romance novels, and as J.R. Ward, she writes paranormal romance. She is a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, once as Bird for Best Short Contemporary Romance for ""From the First"", and once as Ward for Best Paranormal Romance for ""Lover Revealed"". Born Jessica Rowley Pell Bird in Massachusetts, United States, she is the daughter of W. Gillette Bird, Jr. and Maxine F. Bird. She began writing as a child, penning"
"all its contents, which included Blackmore's own library containing first editions of his works. The house itself was later demolished and Doone Close, Blackmore's Grove and Gomer Gardens were built, referencing the novelist's associations with Teddington. The end of Doone Close marks the approximate site of Gomer House. Blackmore's market garden covered the area between the present Station Road and Field Lane. R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for"
"and Stormrider, it is revealed that she is actually someone who loves all life and wants to help the human race. Stormrider Stormrider is a fantasy novel by British writer David Gemmell, published in 2002. It is the fourth and last novel in the Rigante series. In northern part of the land lies the Moidart and the city of Eldacre; further north is the location of the Rigante clans. This is the place that the highlanders have settled remain free. The Moidart's son, Gaise Macon (known by the Rigante soul name of 'Stormrider') is in the Royalist king's army, and"
"the better"", while the heroines are smart and strong. The Romance Writers of America awarded her the RITA Award for Best Short Contemporary Romance in 2007 for her novel ""From the First"". She has also been nominated six times for ""Romantic Times"" Reviewer's Choice Awards, winning once for ""Lover Awakened"". She was also number 2 on the New York Times Bestsellers List of 2014. Same universe but takes place in an earlier timeline. Spin-off series that details the trainees Jessica Bird Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist. Under her maiden name, Jessica"
"Blackmore completed Primary School at Lane Cove West Primary School. Around age nine, he was deeply affected by a reading of Rudyard Kipling's horror story ""The Strange Ride of Morowbie Jukes"", by Lucy Boston's fantasy novel ""The Castle of Yew"" and terrified by the TV broadcast of Richard Matheson's ""Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"" episode of The Twilight Zone. He also encountered horror fiction via Stephen P. Sutton's anthologies ""Tales to Tremble By"" and ""More Tales to Tremble By"". He was later educated at North Sydney Boys High School (1971–72) and Newcastle Boys' High School (1972–76). In high school, after reading"
"Erema Erema; or, my father's sin is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1877. The novel is narrated by a teenage girl called Erema whose father escaped from England having been charged with a murder he did not commit. Erema has grown up in exile with her father, and the story begins in California in the 1850s. The name ""Erema"" is taken from a passage in the Greek tragedy ""Women of Trachis"" by Sophocles. The heroine of the play, Deianeira, is referred to as ""erēma"" () a word meaning ""abandoned"", used by the ancient Greeks for widows"
"Roy"" takes place just before the Jacobite rising of 1715, with much of Scotland in turmoil. Georgette Heyer's ""The Black Moth"" (1921) is set in 1751. The story follows Lord Jack Carstares, an English nobleman who becomes a highwayman after taking the blame during a cheating scandal years before. One day, he rescues Miss Diana Beauleigh when she is almost abducted by the Duke of Andover. Jack and Diana fall in love but his troubled past and current profession threaten their happiness. Richard Blackmore's ""Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor"" (1869) is a romance based on a group of historical"
"playing Dracula) and Jack L. Chalker (publisher of Mirage Press); he was enthralled by Ursula K. le Guin's guest of honour speech in which she spoke of science fiction breaking out of the 'literary ghetto' and declaring that 'Philip K. Dick deserves to be placed on the shelf alongside Dickens'. He also played judo, Kendo and jiu-jitsu during high school in Sydney (at North Sydney Boys' High) and judo at Newcastle (at Newcastle Police Citizens Boys' Club, Broadmeadow); however he was only formally graded in judo. Blackmore also became interested in Aleister Crowley through reading Moonchild (novel), Crowley's ""Confessions: An"
"R. P. Blackmur Richard Palmer Blackmur (January 21, 1904 – February 2, 1965) was an American literary critic and poet. He was born and grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended Cambridge High and Latin School, but was expelled in 1918. An autodidact, Blackmur worked in a bookshop after high school, and attended lectures at Harvard University without enrolling. He was managing editor of the literary quarterly ""Hound & Horn"" from 1928 to 1930, at which time he resigned, although he continued to contribute to the magazine until its demise in 1934. In 1930 he married Helen Dickson. In 1935"
"and orphans. In 1884 Blackmore told a friend that ""Erema"" was ""my most unlucky work ... which the British public would not have, partly because they knew not how to pronounce the name."" The novel is narrated by the heroine of the story. Erema is the child of a Captain Castlewood, who had been imprisoned on a charge of murdering his father, an English peer, had made his escape from jail while the enquiry was pending, and spent the rest of his life in a miserable exile. His six children had died of diphtheria while he was in prison, and"
"Blackmore's ""Lorna Doone"", where the hero arrives on the battlefield as the battle is finishing, and is then escorted home by the King's soldiers to safety. Likewise, ""The Royal Changeling"" (1998) by John Whitbourn describes the rebellion, with some fantasy elements added. The Battle of Sedgemoor both opens and concludes the novel. A collection of poems (""Sedgemoor""), exploring this crucial but neglected episode in English history, was written by poet and academic Malcolm Povey and published by Smokestack Books in 2006. The poems move between 1685 and the present, from England to Kosovo and Iraq, highlighting ""the continuing cruelties of"
"Richard Blackmore Sir Richard Blackmore (22 January 1654 – 9 October 1729), English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and dull poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian. He was born at Corsham, in Wiltshire, the son of a wealthy attorney. He was educated briefly at Westminster School and entered St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1669 at 15. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1674 and his MA in 1676. He was a tutor at the college for a time, but in 1682 he received his inheritance from his father."
"is one of 75 adventure ""romance"" novels that Mayne Reid wrote in his lifetime, including ""The Rifle Rangers"" (1850), ""The White Chief"" (1855), ""The Scalp Hunters"" (1856), and ""The Headless Horseman"" (1866). Starting in Vicksburg, Mississippi preceding the abolition of slavery, ""The Yellow Chief"" begins on the plantation of the Blackadder family. Blount Blackadder, the 18-year-old son of the plantation owner Squire Blackadder, punishes a mulatto slave, Blue Dick, out of revenge over a girl, a quadroon named Sylvia. The 'punishment of the pump', a frequent act at the Blackadder plantation, consists of placing the victims head directly under the"
"more bountifully than in this one."" Mary Anerley Mary Anerley: a Yorkshire tale is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1880. The novel is set in the rugged landscape of Yorkshire's North Riding and the sea-coast of its East Riding. The story of ""Mary Anerley"" opens in the year 1801, at Scargate Hall, ""in the wildest and most rugged part of the wild and rough North Riding""; the first chapter being practically a prologue, which sets forth the strangely dramatic death of Squire Philip Yordas just after he had made a will disinheriting his son Duncan. Thus"
"and Tony Fonseca (eds), ""Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend"" (ABC-Clio, 2016). According to ""The Melbourne University Press Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy"", ""His name is now synonymous with Australian horror,"" and a Hodder & Stoughton press release stated that, ""Leigh Blackmore is to horror what Glenn A. Baker is to rock and roll."" .He has also been recognised as ""one of the leading weird poets of our era,"" and has been nominated for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Rhysling Award. Leigh Blackmore was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Rod and Beth Blackmore. His"
"After his recovery, Richard is attacked on the road and kidnapped. He is taken aboard a pirate ship, the ""Black Moll"". There is a fight with a brigantine, in which the pirate ship sinks. Volume Four In the fourth volume, the protagonist continues to meet with sudden reversals of fortune. Richard is rescued and befriended by the captain of the brigantine, John Paul, who is sailing to Solway. In Scotland, John Paul is shunned, and vows to turn his back on his country. They take a post chaise to London, and in Windsor meet Horace Walpole. In London they are"
"The Red Rover The Red Rover is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. It was originally published in Paris on November 27, 1827, before being published in London three days later on November 30. It was not published in the United States until January 9, 1828, in Philadelphia. Soon after its publication it was adapted for theater both in the United States and in England. The novel follows the activities of the sailor Dick Fid, free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate, ""The Red Rover"". A contemporary reviewer"
"Jinx (Blackwood novel) Jinx is the first novel in a middle-grades children's fantasy trilogy by Sage Blackwood, published by Harper Collins in 2013. Set in a sentient primeval forest called The Urwald, the novel follows the adventures of a boy named Jinx who is abandoned in the forest and rescued by the wizard Simon Magus. Jinx grows up in Simon's house. After the wizard does a spell on Jinx that causes him to lose his ability to see others' emotions, Jinx runs away to seek help from the evil Bonemaster. The second and third books in the trilogy are ""Jinx's"
"1695""). In 1697, Blackmore followed that with ""King Arthur: an Heroic Poem in Twelve Books"". Like its predecessor, it was a treatment of current events in ancient garb, but, this time, the public and court were less interested and the matter less interesting. Additionally, Blackmore took John Milton as his model, rather than Virgil, and he admitted in his preface that his previous book had been too adherent to the Classical unities. Having used his epics to fight political battles, albeit safe ones at first, Blackmore was opposed by wits of the other camp, especially as time went on. William"
"Christowell Christowell: a Dartmoor tale is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1882. It is set in the fictional village of Christowell on the eastern edge of Dartmoor. The title derives from the village of Christow on Dartmoor. Although Blackmore was keen to point out that ""Christow is not my Christowell: though I took the name partly from it ... my Christowell is a compound of several places."" The complex and picturesque life which goes on in the parish of Christowell is the theme of the novel. The story begins with the garden where resides “Captain Larks,”"
"Kit and Kitty Kit and Kitty: a story of west Middlesex is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1890. It is set near Sunbury-on-Thames in Middlesex. The novel is set in and around ""Uncle Corny's"" garden near Sunbury-on-Thames. The story turns on the love of Kit, the market-gardener's nephew, for Kitty, the daughter of a good but foolish scientific man, who has succeeded in making his own and his daughter's life miserable by marrying a second wife. This lady and her son Donovan are the villains of the story, and by their machinations poor Kit and Kitty"
"him so he could throw him over the Edge. The Gloamglozer does just this, although the Caterbird rescues Twig from oblivion and throws him onto the deck of Quintinius Verginix's ship. Finally reunited with his true father, who apologizes for leaving him and promises to always protect his son, Twig, the sky pirates set sail for Undertown, the central city of the Edge. Beyond the Deepwoods Beyond the Deepwoods is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 1998. It is the first volume of ""The Edge Chronicles"" and of the ""Twig Saga"" trilogy; within"
"never more entertaining than at this homely level, on page after page, which in other books we should skip, but which here we enjoy as we should a walk in the company of the most genial and gentle of humorists."" Christowell Christowell: a Dartmoor tale is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1882. It is set in the fictional village of Christowell on the eastern edge of Dartmoor. The title derives from the village of Christow on Dartmoor. Although Blackmore was keen to point out that ""Christow is not my Christowell: though I took the name partly"
"Perlycross Perlycross: a tale of the western hills is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1894. The story is set in eastern Devon around 1830. ""Perlycross"" was Blackmore's penultimate novel, published when he was 69 years old. It recalls his childhood years when his father held the post of curate at Culmstock in Devon in 1835. Blackmore portrays his father in the story as the widowed Rev. Penniloe. The villages in the novel, Perlycombe, Perlycross and Perliton, represent the real villages of Hemyock, Culmstock and Uffculme respectively. Sir Thomas Waldron, the squire of Perlycross, is suffering from"
"Lorna Doone Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. Blackmore experienced difficulty in finding a publisher, and the novel was first published anonymously in 1869, in a limited three-volume edition of just 500 copies, of which only 300 sold. The following year it was republished"
"The Crystal Shard The Crystal Shard is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore. The first book in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, it was his first published novel. Even in the remote far northern region of Icewind Dale, the renegade dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden was not fully accepted, except by the dwarves whom he had eventually befriended. He roamed the tundra, hunting down yeti and giants that threatened the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale. When the barbarians that were the native people of the Dale banded together to slaughter the people of Ten Towns, whom they viewed"