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After the untimely death of her beloved father, the valiant
Chevalier St. Angouleme, innocent young Adelaide goes to live with
her uncle and aunt, the Count and Countess St. Angouleme. Although
the haughty and imperious Count keeps her confined nearly a
prisoner within the castle walls, Adelaide is nonetheless happy in
the company of her friend the Countess.
But things begin to take a sinister turn when a villainous
peasant, De Laune, arrives at the castle with apparent proof that
Adelaide is really his daughter, switched at birth with the true
heiress to the estate. Still reeling from this revelation,
Adelaide's situation grows even worse when she is kidnapped by
banditti in the service of a lascivious marquis and imprisoned in a
remote castle. Yet all is not what it seems, and Adelaide must
solve the mystery of her parentage and unravel a dark conspiracy
against her, before it is too late
This 200th Anniversary Edition of "Pyrenean Banditti" (1811)
reprints the unabridged text of the first edition of this engaging
Gothic novel, which survives in only three known copies worldwide.
Also included in this special edition is a new introduction in
which the details of the life of the mysterious author, Eleanor
Sleath, are revealed for the first time.
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