Sir Harry Hotspur, a great Cumberland landowner whose only son has died, longs to keep name and estate together through his daughter Emily. Her cousin George Hotspur, heir to the title, seems the obvious match, but he is a gambler and liar in debt to moneylenders, and Emily, once she has given her heart, refuses to take it back.
A short, concentrated Trollope novel about pride, inheritance and constancy, ideal for readers new to him. Download the free EPUB.