The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance

In that fortunate hour of English history, when the cruel sights and haunting insecurities of the Middle Ages had passed away, and while, as yet, the fanatic zeal of Puritanism had not cast its blighting shadow over all merry and pleasant things, it seemed good to one Denzil Calmady, esquire, to build himself a stately red-brick and freestone house upon the southern verge of the great plateau of moorland which ranges northward to the confines of Windsor Forest and eastward to the Surrey Hills. And this he did in no vainglorious spirit, with purpose of exalting himself above the county gentlemen, his neighbours, and showing how far better lined his pockets were than theirs.

Author: Lucas Malet

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jun 09, 2015

Number of Pages: 228 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1514291894

ISBN-13: 9781514291894