Download or read book Gaston de Blondeville written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the 13th-century court of England's King Henry III, the novel centers around the wedding of the title character. The wedding is interrupted by a merchant who claims to have been wronged by Gaston, in that Gaston murdered his kinsman. Henry is forced to hold a trial to determine the validity of the claims. The plot is further complicated by the machinations of an abbot who tries to suppress the truth, and by ghosts who want to expose the truth.