THE FORTRESS - By Hugh Walpole - THE FORTRESS PART III .. Uhlands Journal . Wax Flowers and the Revolution ChiIde Roland to the Dark Tower Exhibition . The Funeral . Climax to a Long Sequence-, I. Judith and Walter . 11. Skiddaw Forest 111. In a Dark House PART IV MOTHER AND SON . Birth of Vanessa Sayers versus Heenan . She Visits the Fortress for the Last Time On Cat Bells Escape from Ecstasy . A Day in the Life of a Very Old Lady At Victorines . . Battle with Pangloss . The Hundredth Birthday ..........

Adam Brandon was born at Little Empton in Kent in 1839. He was educated at the King's School Canterbury and at Pembroke College Cambridge. Ordained in 1863 he was first curate at St. Martin's Portsmouth then Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; in the year 1875 he accepted the living of Pomfret in Wiltshire and was there for twelve years.

A macabre romance from the early 20th century best-selling British author, Hugh Walpole.