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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor.
Lorna Doone is a brand of golden, square-shaped shortbread cookie produced by Nabisco and owned by Mondelez International. Introduced in March 1912, it was possibly named after the main character in R. D. Blackmore's 1869 novel, Lorna Doone, but no record exists as to the exact motivation behind the name.
Lorna Doone is a British romance/drama television mini-series version of Richard Doddridge Blackmore's 1869 novel of the same name that aired on BBC One from 24 to 26 December 2000 in the UK and on A&E on 11 March 2001 in the U.S. The film won the Royal Television Society's Television Award for Best Visual Effects by Colin Gorry.
Lorna Doone, fictional heroine of the historical romance Lorna Doone (1869) by R.D. Blackmore. The novel is set in 17th-century Exmoor, a remote area of Devon, England, and concerns a virtuous and somewhat mysterious young woman who has been raised by bandits who abducted her when she was young.
Mar 11, 2001 · Lorna Doone: Directed by Mike Barker. With Neil Finnighan, Jack Baverstock, Trevor Cooper, Aidan Gillen. Against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval, a farmer falls in love with the "queen" of the notorious Doone clan --a family that he has sworn vengeance on.
First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon.
Lorna Doone, historical romance by R.D. Blackmore, published in 1869. Set in the wilds of Exmoor (northern Devonshire, Eng.) during the late 17th century, the novel concerns the adventurous life of the yeoman John Ridd and the circuitous course of his love for Lorna Doone, a beautiful maiden.
Lorna Doone: With Emily Richard, John Sommerville, Patrick Troughton, Ian Hogg. Lorna Doone is a swashbuckling tale of love, rivalry and revenge. As a child, John Ridd watches as his father is killed by the feared clan, the Doones, and swears to avenge his death.
Jul 3, 2022 · The fact is that the traditional and the ideal are as inextricably mixed in this charming story of “Lorna Doone” as the thousand varieties of seeds in the fairy tale which the princess was expected to sort out, and it would be almost as difficult to separate them.
Episode 1. 1/2 Lorna Doone is betrothed to her cousin Carver. However, she falls for farmer John Ridd. Similar programmes. By genre: > Watch live. All episodes of Lorna Doone.
