Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that “The Cloister and the Hearth,” a historical novel written in 1861 by ...

TIL that “The Cloister and the Hearth,” a historical novel written in 1861 by Charles Reade, was the favorite book of both Thomas Wolfe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Rudyard Kipling & Oscar Wilde loved it; George Orville couldn’t stand it. It’s a tale of forbidden love, adventure, betrayal, & action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloister_and_the_Hearth
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