Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole

Rogue Herries’ is the first book in Hugh Walpole’s “Herries Chronicle saga”. It was first published in 1930. It is the tale of Francis Herries, who is a violent and impetuous man. He is a faithless husband and a capricious father. The story revolves around the Borrowdale valley, which is his home for 40 years, and his unrequited love for gypsy Mirabell Starr – the two forces which drive him.