Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3)

by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3)" by R. D. Blackmore is a three-volume novel published in 1866. Set in Hampshire's New Forest and London, it follows twin brothers whose nurse forgets which was born first. When one brother is discovered shot dead and the other stands beside him with a discharged gun, their father believes the worst and casts his son out. The story traces the exiled brother's fate and his eventual path toward restoration and redemption.