The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe Fiction Action & Adventure

<p><strong>Years ago when Young Earl Osbert of Castle Athlin was a boy his father was ambused and slain by Baron Malcolm of Dunbayne. </strong>Now Osbert has come into his majority and in the company of a sturdy and heroic young peasant named Alleyn he's gone to avenge his father's murder. What waits for them at the castle of Dunbayne is not vengeance but a fate that neither one of them imagines: not just conquest or defeat but a terrible chanllege -- and the romance of a lifetime. (Jacketless library hardcover.)</p>