The Fortress - Parts III. & IV.: 3 (Herries Chronicle)

I have been working my way through this series of book The Rogue Herries Chronicles and am enjoying it so much. I look forward every day for my next update on the Herries family! The wealth of rich descriptive writing is wonderful, I feel I know this eccentric Cumbrian family and the surrounding countryside that they live in, very well indeed.Judith is the Matriarch of the family, she is as free spirited as her "Rogue" father and gipsy mother, she has a temper you wouldn't want to mess with, but she has a heart of solid gold.The Fortress is the story of the house built by Walter Herries (one half of the Herries family) who is a bitter enemy of Judith and her beloved uncle Francis and his family. She will fight tooth and nail to ensure they are left in peace. She is fast approaching her 100th birthday but still she fights on!I love it love it, love it, maybe Hugh Walpole could be considered a little fusty by some of our modern day writters, but by gum, he can write a good story!

Book received Saturday, great condition, well packaged, swift delivery, many thanks, Carol ( North Wales )

This is a wonderful book. The whole Herries series has been loved and enjoyed by my family. This copy was purchased as a gift for my mother. Once an avid reader of all genres of books, now, at 91, this is the only book she now looks at and her old 'Pan' copy was constantly in need of sticking so we bought her this new one, with slightly larger print.

once again you get involved with the characters , bearing in mind you have to read the previous books i am left wondering what happens to the various people,especially judith paris../ long books

a favourite of my mams that she had read a long while ago and wanted to reread and keep on her bookshelf. she enjoyed reliving the series and keeping it for future reads