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Tobias Aconite

A shadowy nineteenth-century writer known today for a single melodramatic tale, this author is remembered for a story of hardship, revenge, and sudden social ascent stretching from South Carolina to British aristocracy.

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Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earl's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment

Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earl's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment

by Tobias Aconite

About the author

Very little biographical information about Tobias Aconite appears to be available in reliable public sources. What can be confirmed is that the name is attached to Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams, a work published in 1855 and preserved by Project Gutenberg and other library catalogs.

The book’s long, sensational title gives a good sense of its appeal: it blends neglected childhood, aristocratic scandal, and revenge into a fast-moving nineteenth-century narrative. Modern ebook and audiobook listings suggest that this work is the main reason Tobias Aconite is still encountered by readers today.

Because solid records about the person behind the name are scarce, it is safest to treat Tobias Aconite as an obscure author from the mid-1800s whose surviving reputation rests almost entirely on this single dramatic novel.