Palliser novels. The Dukes Children. Part 1

Anthony Trollope (18151882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. `The Duke`s Children` is the sixth and final novel in another famous series, `The Palliser Novels,` also known as the Parliamentary Novels. Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. . .