The Black Robe
Written by Wilkie Collins
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The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he can not allow. Complicating things is the fact that both Romayne and Stella are hiding their own terrible secrets.
The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book centers around the misadventures of Lewis Romayne, and is also noted for a perceived anti-Catholic bias (Summary by Mike Zane and Wikipedia)
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Excellent narration...However... The story is overly melodramatic and seems to be pricipally designed to cause the reader to hate Catholics. The main adversary is a devilish priest who is constantly manipulating the hapless Romain and tormenting the virtuous Stella. He constantly sends reports back to Rome proudly detailing his sneaky deceit and manipulation all in the efforts in order to secure land which is desired by the church. Starts off good but very hard to hang on when the weak protagonists are so easily manipulated.