Copsi Castle / Norah Lofts.
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TextPublisher: Leicester [England] : Thorpe, Isis, 2020Edition: Large print editionDescription: 438 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785418259; 1785418254Subject(s): Castles -- Fiction | Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Inheritance and succession -- Fiction | Mental illness -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- William IV, 1830-1837 -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books. Summary: 1836: Copsi Castle, handed down from father to son since the time of William the Conqueror, now belongs to Sir Harald Copsey, a kindly gentleman who adores his home. But Magnus, his only son and heir, is cut from a different bolt of cloth. Harald has indulged Magnus over the years, overlooking his erratic extremes of behaviour. When Magnus obsessively sets his mind upon marrying a local tenant farmer's daughter, sixteen-year-old Hannah Reeve, Harald, initially appalled at his son's choice, overcomes his misgivings over the match. His son needs an heir - and who would otherwise be induced to marry a madman? Hannah, finding herself at a crossroads when tragedy strikes her family, agrees to marry Magnus - but sudden elevation to the gentry cannot recompense her adequately for what she is forced to endure...
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1836: Copsi Castle, handed down from father to son since the time of William the Conqueror, now belongs to Sir Harald Copsey, a kindly gentleman who adores his home. But Magnus, his only son and heir, is cut from a different bolt of cloth. Harald has indulged Magnus over the years, overlooking his erratic extremes of behaviour. When Magnus obsessively sets his mind upon marrying a local tenant farmer's daughter, sixteen-year-old Hannah Reeve, Harald, initially appalled at his son's choice, overcomes his misgivings over the match. His son needs an heir - and who would otherwise be induced to marry a madman? Hannah, finding herself at a crossroads when tragedy strikes her family, agrees to marry Magnus - but sudden elevation to the gentry cannot recompense her adequately for what she is forced to endure...
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