Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Fortress
    The Fortress
    The Fortress
    Audiobook26 hours

    The Fortress

    Written by Hugh Walpole

    Narrated by Peter Joyce

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    Walter Herries establishes himself in Keswick and builds an imposing property overlooking Uldale, further encroaching upon the peaceful lives of Jennifer and the children. Adam resolves to pursue a career in London, much to his mother’s displeasure. He meets the Chartist campaigner Caesar Kraft and lives with him and his daughter Margaret. On a visit to the capital Elizabeth Herries takes the opportunity to escape from her unhappy life but is finally pursued by John. Uhland Herries’ obsession with and hatred of John Herries grows amidst self-contempt and scorn for his father. The eagerly awaited Chartist procession comes to a tragic end for both Adam and Margaret while the confrontation that Uhland desires and John dreads comes to fruition and will scar the family for the next thirty years. Speculation that Judith will reach her hundredth birthday is rife, but the feud still exists and the attitude of the younger generation seems to predict that it may continue as devil may care Benjamin, son of Elizabeth and John, and Ellis, Will’s boy, unable to connect with his emotions, meet in London. Meanwhile the beautiful, tempestuous and determined Vanessa grows to maturity in Cumberland.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAssembled Stories
    Release dateApr 1, 2013
    ISBN9781860153716
    Author

    Hugh Walpole

    Author

    More audiobooks from Hugh Walpole

    Related to The Fortress

    Related audiobooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Eight Hot Trollopes

      Jun 17, 2019

      An experiment for 21st-century readers: let’s take a quick tour of the love scenes of a famous Victorian novelist to see if his writings still enflame. The post Eight Hot Trollopes appeared first on The Millions.

      12 min read

    • Article

      Anton Chekhov

      Jun 10, 2021

      Anton Chekhov
      2 min read

    • Article

      Dalgliesh

      Oct 21, 2021

      Dalgliesh
      1 min read

    • Article

      What A Long, Strange Trip It Was

      Jun 1, 2022

      Born in 1890, Jean Rhys (christened Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams) lived through two world wars and in her long life observed firsthand the many changes wrought by the 20th century. She consorted with the literati of the Lost Generation in 1920s Pari

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Century Of Christie

      May 13, 2020

      1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles is published, introducing Hercule Poirot 1922 Christie takes part in the British Empire Exhibition tour with her first husband, Archie Christie, visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hawaii, w

      1 min read

    • Article

      I Don’t Trust Images: The Millions Interviews Ottessa Moshfegh

      Dec 27, 2018

      My approach to writing was like a little volatile. Sort of like “fuck you," what drove a lot of my creativity—not all the time, but I can identify that. The post I Don’t Trust Images: The Millions Interviews Ottessa Moshfegh appeared first on The Mil

      11 min read

    • Article

      Hunting Monsters

      Dec 28, 2021

      Many people have heard of the grotesque Grendel, his mother and the dragon with whom the hero Beowulf contends in the great Old English epic poem. But the imaginative world of the Anglo-Saxons was populated by many more such creatures. Tim Flight’s n

      1 min read

    • Article

      An Imagined Affair?

      Sep 18, 2020

      An Imagined Affair?
      5 min read

    • Article

      Great Reads

      Oct 6, 2022

      Growing up in 1973, Eleanor's home was strained by sorrow and the echoes of war that silenced her parents. And always her mother, Kitty's, bitterness, twisting and poisoning everything she touched. She thought she knew what made her parents this way…

      2 min read

    • Article

      Wings Of Desire

      May 22, 2022

      Wings Of Desire
      4 min read

    • Article

      Treachery & betrayal THE WIND SORS’ TOP-SECRET LIFE EXPOSED

      Jul 17, 2022

      It was painted as one of the great romances of the 20th century. Edward VIII’s love for American divorcée Wallis Simpson was so intense that he gave up the British throne for her. But now an author who has carried out extensive research into the coup

      5 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      Jan 27, 2023

      By Kate Webb In this Wiltshire-set contemporary police procedural from the historical novelist, DI Matt Lockyer has been demoted to the “cold case” unit after a conflict of personal and professional loyalties. He then receives a surprising phone call

      2 min read

    • Article

      Role Model, Religious Mentor, Friend In Need…

      Feb 16, 2023

      It wasn’t just Henry VIII who profited from marriage to Katherine Parr, but also his children. Katherine provided a period of stability for the royal offspring: Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. Strengthening the bond between Henry and his children was imp

      3 min read

    • Article

      Fabulous Fiction

      Jan 3, 2020

      Fabulous Fiction
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Family Behind The Tudors

      Apr 14, 2022

      The Family Behind The Tudors
      9 min read

    • Article

      Before WALLIS

      Sep 7, 2018

      Before WALLIS
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Scandal In High Society

      Dec 15, 2020

      A Scandal In High Society
      2 min read

    • Article

      Better Books

      Aug 20, 2020

      by Robert Wainwright, $32.99 Enid was the dazzling eldest daughter of the well-to-do Lindeman family, from the Hunter Valley wine fortune. She was married off in January 1913, after just turning 21, to a wealthy American, Roderick Cameron, who was tw

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Special Relationship

      Mar 20, 2024

      A Special Relationship
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Making Of A Queen

      Dec 10, 2021

      The Making Of A Queen
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Very Ordinary King

      Jan 20, 2022

      George V: Never a Dull Moment by Jane Ridley Chatto, 576 pages, £30 King George V reigned from 1910 to 1936 – turbulent years that witnessed the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the extension of the suffrage to women, the rise of fascism and

      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Fortress

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words