English writer Thomas Mayne Reid is a recognized classic of adventure literature, on whose books several generations of readers have grown up. The novel "The White Glove" takes us to the 17th century, on the eve of the English Bourgeois Revolution. In the quiet provincial Buckinghamshire, tumultuous passions are boiling. Supporters of Parliament gather by night in taverns and old manors, preparing a conspiracy against the tyrant king, while a detachment of royal cuirassiers arrives at the estate of Belstrod Park. Captain of the cuirassiers Richard Scartie and the mysterious Henry Goldspeer, nicknamed the Black Horseman, become rivals not only in politics but also in the struggle for the heart of the beautiful Marion Wed — and when the beautiful Beth Dancy, the forester's daughter, gets involved, events take an entirely unexpected turn... Intrigues and secrets, jealousy and love, loyalty and betrayal — all this can be found in abundance on the pages of the novel. The book is illustrated with colorful works by Anna Hopt.
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