The Duke's Children

Languageen
First published2003-01-01
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#3622

Description

"The Duke's Children" by Anthony Trollope is a novel first published between 1879 and 1880. The Duke of Omnium faces devastating loss when his wife dies unexpectedly and his government falls. Left to manage his grown children alone, he confronts unexpected challenges: his daughter's love for a modest gentleman, his eldest son's political defection and romance with an American heiress, and his younger son's academic troubles. As family tensions mount over forbidden romances and diverging paths, the Duke must navigate unfamiliar emotional terrain and reconsider his expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • London (England) -- Fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • Political fiction
  • Palliser, Plantagenet (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Prime ministers -- Family relationships -- Fiction
  • Conflict of generations -- Fiction
  • Parent and adult child -- Fiction
  • Widowers -- Fiction
  • Nobility -- Fiction
  • PR

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