Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 149 Merriman, Henry Seton 1862 1903 Scott, Hugh Stowell Merriman, H. Seton (Henry Seton) The Last Hope Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Les Bowler, and David Widger "The Last Hope" by Henry Seton Merriman is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. This work intertwines the fates of a diverse cast of characters in the remote English village of Farlingford, exploring themes of identity, mystery, and the past's influence on the present. Central to the narrative are two gentlemen, Dormer Colville and the Marquis de Gemosac, who arrive at the village seeking information about a mysterious Frenchman buried in the local churchyard, setting off a chain of events that reveal ties to French royal history. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to River Andrew, a local grave-digger who shows Colville and the Marquis a neglected grave of a man known only as Frenchman. His burial remains shrouded in mystery, captivating the interests of both the newcomers and local residents who speculate about the significance of his life and death. As the villagers await the return of a ship named "The Last Hope," they are drawn into the larger narrative surrounding the historical backdrop of post-revolutionary France, ultimately intertwining their fates with that of Frenchman and his son, Loo Barebone, hinting at a deeper story of lost heritage and royal aspirations that unfolds as the plot progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Royalists -- France -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 669293 669294 2024-10-04T07:38:39.246885 2023-10-04T07:19:00.517252 text/html text/html 694758 2021-01-26T21:52:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 226322 2021-01-26T21:52:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 297418 2024-10-04T07:38:48.268848 application/epub+zip 309939 2024-10-04T07:38:41.448910 application/epub+zip 309939 2024-10-04T07:38:40.100902 application/epub+zip 532017 2024-10-04T07:38:53.780834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488873 2024-10-04T07:38:47.418887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457514 2022-09-04T10:40:42.418841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567990 567967 2024-10-04T07:38:37.689894 2023-10-04T07:18:59.331239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 575548 2018-03-12T06:08:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 215722 2018-03-17T14:09:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 567868 2009-07-27T10:34:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 214824 2009-07-27T10:35:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21710 2024-10-04T07:38:53.913812 application/rdf+xml 11034 2024-10-04T07:38:40.669877 image/jpeg 3098 2024-10-04T07:38:40.387881 image/jpeg 286360 2024-10-04T07:38:39.299903 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