
THE LOYALISTS: - AN HISTORICAL NOVEL.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
Strahan and Preston, Printers-Street, London. - LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1812.
THE LOYALISTS. - VOLUME I.
THE LOYALISTS. - VOLUME II.
THE LOYALISTS. - VOLUME III.
Set against the thunderstorm of early‑19th‑century England, the narrative opens with a solemn appeal to loyalty and sacrifice. The author frames the era as one where peace offers little material for story, drawing instead on the fierce upheavals that test the nation’s spirit. Through a richly imagined tapestry of public discourse and private resolve, the reader is invited to contemplate how honor, ambition and desperation can shape the course of history.
Within this charged landscape, a cast of men and women confronts the stark choices of war, politics and faith. Scholars, soldiers, and common folk alike wrestle with an uneasy balance between personal desire and the greater good, each action echoing the larger struggle for England’s future. Their journeys reveal the harshness of adversity and the quiet strength that emerges when conviction meets crisis, offering a compelling meditation on what it truly means to be loyal in turbulent times.
Language
en
Duration
~15 hours (879K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org))
Release date
2006-10-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1758–1852
A prolific English novelist, poet, and moral writer, she published lively, idea-driven fiction at a time when novels were often expected to teach as well as entertain. Writing under names including Mrs. West and Prudentia Homespun, she became known for stories shaped by strong religious and conservative convictions.
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