Richard Carvel

In London's glittering but unforgiving world, Richard Carvel is abruptly pulled from disgrace into fashion by Horace Walpole's intervention, only to confront Dorothy Manners in a reunion charged with pride, tenderness, and painful suspicion. Dorothy's questions force Richard to admit the humiliation of her father's cold dismissal, exposing both Mr. Manners's moral weakness and the emotional stakes of a love shadowed by class and family power. As salons and supper tables alike turn Richard into a curiosity, he finds himself moving among Lord Comyn, Lord Pembroke, Mr. Dix, and the dazzling Charles James Fox, where wit, patronage, and political maneuvering shape every conversation. Beneath the elegance, however, lies mounting urgency: Dorothy may be threatened with marriage to the sinister Duke of Chartersea, and Richard's loyalty to the proud, selfless Captain John Paul pulls him toward America. When Fox and Comyn arrange a naval commission for the captain, John Paul's refusal reveals his integrity, while Richard's struggle between personal desire, friendship, and duty gives the novel its emotional force. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.