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What does honour demand when love enters a world where a single scandal can ruin a name?
In His Grace of Osmonde, Frances Hodgson Burnett brings you into an earlier England of great houses, fine clothes and careful manners. At its centre stands the Duke of Osmonde, a man whose wealth and rank matter less than his principles. Around him, reputation carries weight, and love lives under society’s watchful eye.
Then there is Clorinda Wildairs: beautiful, spirited and used to having her own way. A companion to A Lady of Quality, this romance views the same events through the Duke’s eyes. His character shapes the tale, while strict codes of honour frame a world in which a woman’s reputation and a man’s good name remain painfully fragile.
What you’ll discover
- A nobleman of principle Meet a Duke defined not simply by rank, but by the honour he holds dear.
- Clorinda’s force of will Encounter a beautiful, spirited woman accustomed to having her own way.
- Society’s watchful eye Enter great houses where careful etiquette offers no protection from the threat of scandal.
- Another side of events See the story shared with A Lady of Quality from the Duke’s point of view.
- Richly formal storytelling Settle into ornate prose and a narrator who pauses to consider people and their motives.
Who will love it
For readers who love sweeping romances with noble heroes, English country houses, and a stately period world of courts, duels and ballrooms, told with warmth and strong feeling.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A child is born amid ringing bells
- A boy learns that kings must set examples
- One sad story fixes his heart on Wildairs
- A young hero grows strong and self-governed
- He sees Clorinda and cannot forget her
- Loss, duty, and a love that will not rest
- A hidden torment and a sword on the moor
- A gracious host faces a private struggle
- What the story is really about
Who’s who
- Gerald Mertoun, Duke of OsmondeThe noble, strong, self-commanding heir of Osmonde, who spends years waiting for one woman and holds honor above his own wishes.
- Clorinda WildairsA beautiful, fierce, black-eyed girl raised among rough huntsmen, who wants to be free and later to do good.
- Earl of DunstanwoldeA gentle, sad older kinsman of Gerald who has long mourned his young wife and finds new hope late in life.
- Sir John OxonA handsome, ruthless town rake who boasts of conquests and wants to win Clorinda and then revenge himself on her.
- Mistress Anne WildairsClorinda's timid, loving sister, who teaches her what tenderness means and stays loyal to her.
- Mistress Rebecca HalsellGerald's wise nurse, who teaches him that a king must set an example and watches over him all her life.
- Sir Jeoffry WildairsClorinda's brutal, heavy-drinking father, who wants sons and cannot value his daughters.
- Duke of MarlboroughThe brilliant commander who admires Gerald, shares his thoughts with him, and helps him in his career.
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Seine Gnaden von Osmonde
by Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1896
A duke's heir watches a girl in scarlet soar over a gate among Gloucestershire's rough riders.
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What happens to a boy who hears one story of a wronged woman and never forgets it? In His Grace of Osmonde, Frances Hodgson Burnett follows Gerald Mertoun, heir to a great dukedom in the age of Queen Anne.
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A child is born amid ringing bells
The story opens on the fifth of April, 1676, in the village of Camylott. Everyone waits for news from the great house, Camylott Tower, where the young Duchess is giving birth. The village wives gossip, the men drink toasts at the Plough Horse, and old Rowe waits to ring the church bells.
The messenger gallops in shouting that an heir is born, named Gerald Walter John Percy Mertoun, Marquess of Roxholm. In the White Chamber, the Duke and Duchess look at their son with wonder. They have waited five years for him, and they promise him a life of love and honor.
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What is His Grace of Osmonde about?
It follows Gerald Mertoun, heir to a dukedom in the age of Queen Anne, as he grows up, serves with Marlborough, and falls in love with the wild Gloucestershire beauty Clorinda Wildairs.
Is His Grace of Osmonde a sequel?
The novel presents Gerald's life from birth, giving his upbringing and his love their own full story.
Who is Clorinda Wildairs?
She is the youngest daughter of Sir Jeoffry Wildairs, raised among hunters, who rides in boys' clothes, then becomes a lady of the court and an admired beauty.
The author
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849–1924 · English-American novelist and playwright
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was a novelist and playwright born in Manchester, England. She moved to the United States in 1865 and later lived in England and New York. Her books include Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). She died in New York.
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