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Edda's Birthright; Or, The Heir of Charlewick single work   novel  
Note: Author of "The Hampton Mystery" etc.
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Edda's Birthright; Or, The Heir of Charlewick
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Saga and romance of titled English families. Lord Odo Charleton, long-vanished heir to the estate of the Earl of Charlewick, reappears at his father's deathbed to to claim the inheritance all had presumed would go to his dead brother's son, Lord Ronald Charleton. Odo schemes to attract Ronald's finacee, Hellene Clair, by paying her unscrupulous father's debts. Meanwhile Edda Brend is forced to leave her poor guardian's house in Yorkshire and embarks on a journey to discover her mysterious origins which lead her eventually to the estate of the Earl of Chadwick. (PB)

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First known date: 1891
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
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Serialised in 12 instalments in the Australian Journal between December 1891 (27:319) and January 1893 (28:332).
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