Rogue Herries

Rogue Herries' is the first book in Hugh Walpole's "Herries Chronicle saga". It was first published in 1930. It is the tale of Francis Herries, who is a violent and impetuous man. He is a faithless husband and a capricious father. The story revolves around the Borrowdale valley, which is his home for 40 years, and his unrequited love for gypsy Mirabell Starr - the two forces which drive him.