The History of Sir Richard Calmady

Lucas Malet's ambitious, controversial novel about a man born with a severe physical deformity and the life he must build in a world of privilege, beauty, and cruelty.

At a glance A bold Victorian meditation on suffering and desire. When it appeared, this was a novel that scandalised as much as it moved, taking as its… Lucas Malet, the pen name of Mary St Leger Kingsley, wrote with a frankness that… What it's about Sir Richard Calmady is heir to an old English estate and every advantage…

Sir Richard Calmady is heir to an old English estate and every advantage of wealth and lineage, yet he is born with a grave physical deformity that shadows his prospects.