"The Finger of Fate: A Romance" by Captain Mayne Reid is a 19th-century novel about two half-brothers, Nigel and Henry Harding, sons of General Harding, who find themselves in a heated rivalry fueled by love and familial discord. The book kicks off mid-hunt, painting a picture of Nigel's serious attitude versus Henry’s kinder, more rash behaviour, setting a stage for conflict when an argument erupts and a promise of payback is voiced. Their family situation—same father, different mothers—adds layers to their friction, with each brother showing different family traits. The plot thickens as both brothers fall for the same woman, Belle Mainwaring, making their competition even more intense and driving the story’s romantic drama.
The Finger of Fate: A Romance
By Mayne Reid
Bound by blood but divided by love and vengeance, two brothers lock horns over a beautiful woman, igniting a fierce rivalry.
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About the AuthorThomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Thomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
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