# Lucretia — Volume 01

Author: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7685

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lucretia+Lytton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

One July evening, at the commencement of the present century, several persons were somewhat picturesquely grouped along an old-fashioned terrace which skirted the garden-side of a manor-house that had considerable pretensions to baronial dignity. The architecture was of the most enriched and elaborate style belonging to the reign of James the First: the porch, opening on the terrace, with its mullion window above, was encased with pilasters and reliefs at once ornamental and massive; and the large square tower in which it was placed was surmounted by a stone falcon, whose talons griped fiercely a scutcheon blazoned with the five-pointed stars which heralds recognize as the arms of St. Joh...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucretia-volume-01-7685/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lucretia-volume-01-7685/chapters/2/index.md)