Lorna Doone - RD Blackmore

Lorna Doone - RD Blackmore: A work involving over sixty years research, near Lynton..... (1296 words)
by ANDREWSJK - written on 22.03.02 (Very useful, 2511 readings)
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The object of this opinion is to clear up several misunderstandings concerning Lorna Doone. For some extraordinary reason the basis of the tale, the correct siting of places in the book, the ancestory of the Doones and the existence of John Ridd, had never been fully researched. Sir Atholl Oakeley was once a champion wrestler like Lorna's John Ridd, lived in Lynton, Devon and the world's premier "Doonaphile". He produced a booklet "The facts on which Blackmore based Lorna Doone", and some of my research has been conducted with this help. On the cover of his booklet is a copy of a famous picture of Lorna Doone painted by W. ...