The Fortress
by Hugh Walpole
It was the wish of his life to escape Gerry's all, but Walter Herris challenged him, and he accepted it." Judith Paris, now middle-aged, returns to the Lakes to deal with the bitter animosity between the two branches of the family. Hostility results in the construction by a branch of a large house known as the Castle, which will dominate the lands of others. But within the framework of this conflict, the children of two families must play an important role.
