![]() However, Lord Silverbridge becomes enamoured with American heiress Isabel Boncassen. She turned him down, although with an indication of a more welcoming answer another time. ![]() He had proposed to Lady Mabel Grex, whom he has known all his life. Lord Silverbridge follows the wishes of his father by entering Parliament. The Duke's two sons also prove burdensome. Once she becomes aware of the seriousness of the relationship between Mary and Frank, Mrs Finn insists that the Duke be informed. Mrs Finn, Lady Glencora's dearest confidante, somewhat uneasily remains after the funeral as a companion and unofficial chaperone for Mary at the Duke's request. Before her death, Lady Glencora had imprudently given her secret blessing to her daughter Mary's courtship by a poor gentleman, Frank Tregear, a friend of Lord Silverbridge, the Duke's older son and heir. As the government in which he is Prime Minister has also fallen, the Duke is left bereft of both his beloved wife and his political position. When Lady Glencora dies unexpectedly, the Duke is left to deal with his grownup children, with whom he has a somewhat distant relationship. ![]() The Duke's Children is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1879 as a serial in All the Year Round.It is the sixth and final novel of the Palliser series.The plot concerns the children of the Duke of Omnium, Plantagenet Palliser, and his late wife, Lady Glencora. ![]()
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