The preface to this work states that the plot is based off of an actual event that occurred in the 12th century.
The preface to this work states that the plot is based off of an actual event that occurred in the 12th century. After a wedding is canceled due to a freak accident, the bride flees to a church next to the titular location. Friar Jerome decides to help the bride, and saves a peasant trapped under a giant helmet. After that peasant is revealed to be Theodore, the heir to the throne, the current prince decides to kill Isabella to prevent the succession of power. Manfred tries in vain to marry Isabella in FTP what novel by Horace Walpole considered by many to be the first Gothic novel.
The preface to this work states that the plot is based off of an actual event that occurred in the 12th century.
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