The Duke's Children

First published in 1880, this concluding Palliser novel opens after the death of Lady Glencora. Plantagenet Palliser, now Duke of Omnium, must manage three grown children whose choices offend his sense of rank and duty. Lord Silverbridge sits in the Commons, runs into debt, and courts an American guest; Gerald is sent down from university; Lady Mary loves a commoner the Duke will not accept. Parliamentary life, the hunting field, and London society form the backdrop as the widower learns how little command he has over love and money. The book is a domestic political novel, not a thriller of inheritance.

Bound in quarter leather with cloth sides and four raised bands. Hand marbled endpapers. Marker ribbon. Commentary volume by Steven Amarnick et al. slipcase.