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| Set
in the
violent
times
of Edward
III, when
England
is at
war against
the Scots
and the
French,
The Mystery
of the
Black
Tower
is the
story
of young
Leonard,
who longs
to escape
the anonymity
of his
peasant's
life.
Seeking
to win
fame and
renown,
Leonard
enlists
in England's
army,
where
he earns
knighthood
and the
favour
of the
King.
When his
true love,
the beautiful
Emma,
is kidnapped
and imprisoned
in the
haunted
Black
Tower,
Leonard
must save
her. The
Mystery
of the
Black
Tower
was popular
with the
Gothic
reading
public
upon its
release
in 1796.
Critically
acclaimed
in its
own time,
and influential
on later
writers
such as
Scott
and Ainsworth,
it ranks
among
the finest
historical
Gothic
novels.
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