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Trama e riassunto di Sua Grazia di Osmonde
A chi è rivolto
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.
Che cos’è questo libro
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. His life is bound to a wild girl from Gloucestershire named Clorinda Wildairs. You get a love story of honor, restraint and fate, set among kings, soldiers and country villages. First, meet a baby whose birth sets five villages ringing their bells.
In questo riassunto
- 1A child is born amid ringing bellsFree
- 2A boy learns that kings must set examples
- 3One sad story fixes his heart on Wildairs
- 4A young hero grows strong and self-governed
- 5He sees Clorinda and cannot forget her
- 6Loss, duty, and a love that will not rest
- 7A hidden torment and a sword on the moor
- 8A gracious host faces a private struggle
- 9What the story is really about
Punto chiave 1 di 9
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.
This opening shows the world the hero comes from. His parents are deeply in love, his tenants adore them, and he starts life with every gift. The book wants you to see how much he has to lose.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Sua Grazia di Osmonde
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.
Is it a true story?
It tells Gerald and Clorinda's romance against a historical background. Queen Anne and the Duke of Marlborough both take part in Gerald's life.
Is it easy to read?
It has a clear, warm voice and vivid scenes of hunts, balls and duels, so the romance is easy to follow and keeps you turning pages.