Charles Ravenshoe, younger son of an old Catholic family on the Devon coast, is a cheerful Oxford undergraduate with an easy future until a family secret, guarded by the scheming priest Father Mackworth, strips him of his name and inheritance. Disowned and heartbroken, he sinks to working as a groom and enlists as a trooper bound for the Crimean War.
A generous, sprawling Victorian novel, often called Henry Kingsley’s masterpiece. Download the free EPUB.