This vintage book contains Baroness Orczy's 1916 historical novel,
"Leatherface - A Tale Of Old Flanders". In 1572, Spain rules over
Flanders with an iron fist. The threat of the Inquisition and its
tortures holds the people in terror of their conquerors. William, the
Prince of Orange, has led an unsuccessful rebellion, and is now a
fugitive hiding in the city of Ghent. His cunning and faithful watchdog,
a mysterious man called Leatherface for the mask he wears, is the only
reason Orange is still alive. Spanish Duke de Alva conceives a plan to
capture Orange by arranging the marriage of his general's daughter
Lenora with the son of Ghent's High Bailiff, thus introducing a spy into
a house known to be in sympathy with Orange. When Leatherface kills the
bride's former lover, she swears vengeance on him and on all rebels.
Intrigue follows intrigue, treachery and misunderstanding divides the
enforced newlyweds, and Lenora can no longer tell whom she loves or
hates until all seems too late. Many antiquarian books such as this are
increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind
that we are republishing this text now in an affordable, modern,
high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned
new biography of the author.
