Rookwood
The plot of the novel takes place in England, 1737. At a manor called Rookwood Place, there existed a legend claiming that a death would follow after…
The story so far
The plot of the novel takes place in England, 1737. At a manor called Rookwood Place, there existed a legend claiming that a death would follow after a branch of an ancient tree would break. After a branch does fall from the tree, Piers Rookwood, the owner, dies. It is revealed to Luke Bradley that he was the son, and thus heir, of Piers Rookwood along with the fact that Piers Rookwood murdered Bradley's mother. This knowledge comes to Bradley while he stands near his mother's coffin, which falls and opens at the moment of revelation.
Chapter index
46 chapters · No free excerpt- 1Chapter 1
- 2Chapter 2
- 3Chapter 3
- 4Chapter 4
- 5Chapter 5
- 6Chapter 6
- 7Chapter 7
- 8Chapter 8
- 9Chapter 9
- 10Chapter 10
- 11Chapter 11
- 12Chapter 12
- 13Chapter 13
- 14Chapter 14
- 15Chapter 15
- 16Chapter 16
- 17Chapter 17
- 18Chapter 18
- 19Chapter 19
- 20Chapter 20
- 21Chapter 21
- 22Chapter 22
- 23Chapter 23
- 24Chapter 24
- 25Chapter 25
- 26Chapter 26
- 27Chapter 27
- 28Chapter 28
- 29Chapter 29
- 30Chapter 30
- 31Chapter 31
- 32Chapter 32
- 33Chapter 33
- 34Chapter 34
- 35Chapter 35
- 36Chapter 36
- 37Chapter 37
- 38Chapter 38
- 39Chapter 39
- 40Chapter 40
- 41Chapter 41
- 42Chapter 42
- 43Chapter 43
- 44Chapter 44
- 45Chapter 45
- 46Chapter 46