Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor

John Ridd, a young farmer's son in 17th-century Exmoor, has every reason to hate the Doones. These exiled nobles turned brigands murdered his father in cold blood. But when he encounters Lorna, a golden-haired beauty wandering the moors, reason has nothing to do with what follows. She's a Doone too, granddaughter of the fearsome Sir Ensor, and she's promised to the brutal Carver Doone. Yet between John and Lorna burns a love that neither family loyalty nor death threats can extinguish. Blackmore weaves romance, adventure, and breathtaking Devonshire landscape into a tale where the heart must choose between vengeance and the one person it cannot live without. The West Country dialect crackles with authenticity, and the moors themselves become a character, wild and unforgiving as the feuding families. This is a story about what happens when love and hate live in the same house.