The Duke’s Children

The Duke’s Children is the sixth and final novel in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser series, published in 1880. The widowed Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister, must now guide his grown children into the world, only to find them determined to marry for love against his sense of rank and duty. His daughter loves a poor young man, and his heir has fallen for a spirited American girl, and the proud, lonely Duke is forced to weigh his principles against his children’s happiness. It is a tender and moving close to one of the great achievements of Victorian fiction. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.