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'Longsword' by the Irish writer Thomas Leland, is a medieval romance
based on the life of William Longespe, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, the son of Henry II.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/48536209 Power, Albert. "Thomas Leland (1722-1785)", 'The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature', no. 13, 2019, pp. 1420. JSTOR] Published in 1762, in 1767 it was adapted into a play 'The Countess of Salisbury'.Bond & Sherburn p.1037
'Longsword' contains "...mystery, dark dungeons, shipwrecks, abducted damsels, evil monks, and heartless villains",[http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/l/Leland_T/life.htm "Thomas Leland (1722-85)", Ricorso] Although titled 'Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An Historical Romance', Albert Power views it as the "cornerstone" of the Irish Gothic novel as well."...some would argue that Thomas Leland's 'Longsword, Earl of Salisbury' (1762) -subtitled "A Historical Romance"-is really the first Gothic novel". Norton, Rictor. 'Gothic Readings : the first wave, 1764-1840'. London. Leicester University Press, 2000. (p.1)
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* Donald F. Bond & George, Sherburn. 'The Literary History of England: Vol 3: The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789)'. Routledge, 2003.
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