
audiobook
by Anonymous
HILDEBRAND.
HILDEBRAND: OR, THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
HILDEBRAND.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
In the waning light of an Elizabethan evening, the young Abigail slips up the grand staircase of Master Shedlock’s manor, New Bethlehem. Her careful steps betray a nervous resolve as she enters a dim bedroom where the frail Dame Shedlock lies, a victim of her husband’s relentless cruelty. The scene sets a vivid portrait of a household caught between genteel appearance and the harsh reality of domestic tyranny.
The narrative weaves personal endurance with the wider currents of power in Queen Elizabeth’s reign, hinting at intrigue surrounding Sir Edgar de Neville and the scheming Shedlock. Readers hear the clash between ruthless ambition and an emerging sense of moral justice, all rendered in richly detailed period language. Listeners will be drawn into a world where quiet courage may yet turn the tide of oppression.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (274K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2015-01-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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