
Mary Pickford Edition - Dorothy Vernon of - Haddon Hall - BY - CHARLES MAJOR
A TOUCH OF BLACK MAGIC
CHAPTER I - I RIDE DOWN TO HADDON
CHAPTER II - THE IRON, THE SEED, THE CLOUD, AND THE RAIN
CHAPTER III - THE PITCHER GOES TO THE WELL.
CHAPTER IV - THE GOLDEN HEART
CHAPTER V - MINE ENEMY'S ROOF-TREE
CHAPTER VI - A DANGEROUS TRIP TO DERBY-TOWN
CHAPTER VII - TRIBULATION IN HADDON
CHAPTER VIII - MALCOLM No. 2
A mysterious conjurer summons the spirits of the past, drawing listeners into the echoing halls of Haddon Hall, a medieval fortress steeped in legend. Through a swirl of flame and ancient incantation, the narrator—Malcolm de Lorraine Vernon—offers a glimpse of a world where chivalry, intrigue, and the raw pulse of the Tudor era collide. The stage is set with vivid portraits of armored knights, silk-clad courtiers, and the timeless stone walls that have witnessed centuries of love and conflict.
Malcolm, the orphaned son of a French‑English lineage, returns to his ancestral home after years of war, seeking purpose amid the quiet of peace. There, he encounters the spirited Dorothy Vernon, whose fierce independence and beauty stir both admiration and suspicion among the household. Their meeting ignites a dance of wit and will, as family loyalties and personal ambition begin to shape a romance that could alter the fate of the venerable Vernon line.
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (626K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Rick Niles, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Release date
2005-01-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1856–1913
A small-town Indiana lawyer turned bestselling historical novelist, he became famous for sweeping romances set in Tudor England and for stories rooted in pioneer Indiana. His books helped bring pageantry, adventure, and local history to a wide popular audience at the turn of the twentieth century.
View all books
by Charles Major

by Charles Major

by Charles Major

by Charles Major

by Vinceslas-Eugène Dick

by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé

by Abraham Cahan