The Last of the Barons — Volume 01

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The Last of the Barons — Volume 01

by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

EN·~3 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

DEDICATORY EPISTLE.

37:47

PREFACE TO THE LAST OF THE BARONS

2:18

BOOK I. - THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE. - CHAPTER I. - THE PASTIME-GROUND OF OLD COCKAIGNE.

32:25

CHAPTER II. - THE BROKEN GITTERN.

21:56

CHAPTER III. - THE TRADER AND THE GENTLE; OR, THE CHANGING GENERATION.

20:35

CHAPTER IV. - ILL FARES THE COUNTRY MOUSE IN THE TRAPS OF TOWN.

15:02

CHAPTER V. - WEAL TO THE IDLER, WOE TO THE WORKMAN.

38:13

CHAPTER VI. - MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE FEARS FOR THE SPIRITUAL WEAL OF HIS HOST AND HOSTESS.

14:37

CHAPTER VII. - THERE IS A ROD FOR THE BACK OF EVERY FOOL WHO WOULD BE WISER THAN HIS GENERATION.

21:55

CHAPTER VIII. - MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE MAKES LOVE, AND IS FRIGHTENED.

13:36

Description

Set amid the fierce turbulence of 15th‑century England, the story unfolds during the waning days of the Wars of the Roses. A kingdom divided between a restless king and a rising middle class provides a vivid backdrop for political intrigue, shifting loyalties, and the clash of old feudal power with emergent ambition. The narrative breathes life into a world of grand castles, bustling courts, and the restless streets of London, where the echoes of battle and whispered conspiracies intertwine.

At the heart of the tale stands a charismatic baron, a man both celebrated and reviled for his role in shaping the realm’s destiny. His fierce determination to protect the interests of the nobility pits him against a monarch whose motives are as opaque as the fog that rolls over the Thames. As alliances form and betrayals surface, listeners are drawn into a richly textured portrait of an age where personal honor and political survival are inextricably linked.

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en

Duration

~3 hours (219K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2005-03-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

1803–1873

Best remembered for wildly popular Victorian novels and a gift for unforgettable phrases, this English writer moved easily between literary fame and public life. He wrote historical romances, occult tales, social novels, and plays, leaving behind a body of work that was huge even by 19th-century standards.

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