Project Gutenberg 2006-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 140 Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel) 1869 1933 Williamson, Alice Muriel Williamson, Mrs. C. N. The Castle Of The Shadows Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Castle of the Shadows" by A. M. Williamson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Virginia Beverly, a wealthy and spirited American girl, who becomes intrigued by the mysterious Château de la Roche and its tragic past involving the Dalahaide family, particularly her interest in the brother, Maxime, accused of murder. The narrative weaves themes of loyalty, innocence, and the pursuit of truth against the backdrop of a captivating landscape. At the start of the novel, Virginia and her friends are riding through a beautiful valley near Mentone when they come across the castle for sale, which prompts their curiosity about its history. As they explore the olive grove and get closer to the castle, Virginia feels a compelling connection to the place and its inhabitants, particularly when she learns more about Maxime's plight from her companions. The opening chapters set the stage for a journey deep into both physical and emotional shadows as Virginia decides to take up the cause of Maxime, convinced of his innocence, and begins to unravel the layers of mystery surrounding the castle and the family who once lived there. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Adventure stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 393952 393828 2025-03-08T11:54:18.955393 2023-09-09T06:07:42.061384 text/html text/html 398810 2006-11-23T06:19:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 236651 2006-11-23T06:19:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 256674 2025-03-08T11:54:24.555361 application/epub+zip 259469 2025-03-08T11:54:19.775308 application/epub+zip 196117 2025-03-08T11:54:19.350333 application/epub+zip 382994 2025-03-08T11:54:28.481310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341212 2025-03-08T11:54:24.050312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278936 2022-09-09T11:48:08.544878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356095 355995 2025-03-08T11:54:18.282323 2023-09-09T06:07:41.386420 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355964 2006-11-23T06:19:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 135157 2006-11-23T06:19:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355955 2006-11-23T06:19:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 135095 2006-11-23T06:19:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21864 2025-03-08T11:54:28.626321 application/rdf+xml 20379 2025-03-08T11:54:19.438304 image/jpeg 3382 2025-03-08T11:54:19.396338 image/jpeg 237478 2025-03-08T11:54:19.001343 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia