It's a small thing - in the scheme of things - but I'm proud to say that I've finished R.D. Blackmore's monumental "Lorna Doone". At 679 pages, it is the longest book I've ever read. It is also a simply outstanding piece of historical fiction. I'm really please I own a 1923 edition of this book.

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Lorna Doone, based on the book by R.D. Blackmore.

Yeoman John Ridd (Clive Owen) craves revenge for the death of his father at the hand of the squatter Doones - and yet falls hoplessly in love with the youngest of the Doone clan, Lorna (Polly Walker).

Original tx 26/12/1990.

A Thames Television Production.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrAv9ZWd4fE