The Spell - Hesperus Classics Series Author:Charlotte Bronte An ingenious, highly imaginative early novella, The Spella remarkable tale of love and jealousy, rivalry and thwarted ambitionis a testimony to Charlotte Brontë's craft as a writer. Foreword by Nicola Barker.When the infant Marquis of Almeida is pronounced dead, the kingdoms of Wellingtonsland and Angria are deprived of t... more »heir heir. Anxious to secure the nations' future security, King Zamorna's advisers entreat him to name his successorand when Zamorna himself succumbs to a mysterious, life-threatening sickness, the need becomes more urgent still. Yet Zamorna remains strangely unperturbed. Confusion turns to political intrigue as those closest to him wonder exactly what it is he knows and who, precisely, are the mysterious characters surrounding him.« less