New from Acorn Abbey Books · 15 August 2026
Reginald Dalton
A young clergyman's son leaves a quiet country parsonage for the noise and temptation of Oxford — and finds friendship, ruinous debt, a duel, a first and consuming love, and a question of inheritance that could undo everything. Lockhart's long-neglected novel of youth and hard-won judgement, returned to print in a fresh reader's edition.
Hardback · ISBN 978-1-949450-05-7
Paperback · ISBN 978-1-949450-06-4
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