Mrs. (Elizabeth) Bonhote

Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2

"Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2" by Mrs. Bonhote is a gothic novel published in 1797. Set during the thirteenth-century Barons' War at a real Suffolk castle, the story follows Roseline De Morney and her family as they discover mysterious secrets within their ancestral home. When Roseline's arranged marriage to an older baron is disrupted by a sword-wielding stranger emerging from a hidden tunnel, long-buried family revelations come to light. Blending gothic atmosphere with domestic drama, this commercially successful novel offers ghostly scares that prove less supernatural than they first appear.