A young architect sketching Gothic ruins is drawn to a wealthy, modern-minded heiress who is restoring her family's ancient castle with telegraphs and industry, and finds himself entangled in her religious doubts, a rival's schemes, and his own ambitions.
Books mentioned in A Laodicean (2)
Wardlaw on Infant Baptism by Ralph Wardlaw: “A dressing-gown lay across a settee; and opposite, upon a small easy-chair in the same blue and white livery, were a Bible, the Baptist Magazine, Wardlaw on Infant Baptism, Walford's County Families, and the Court Journal.”
Walford's County Families by Edward Walford: “A dressing-gown lay across a settee; and opposite, upon a small easy-chair in the same blue and white livery, were a Bible, the Baptist Magazine, Wardlaw on Infant Baptism, Walford's County Families, and the Court Journal.”