The Lost Heir of Linlithgow

by E.D.E.N. Southworth

Trusting that he acts in the best interest of all involved, Doctor Seton tells young Eglantine that her poor infant child has died, but he secretly gives it to another grieved patient who has actually lost her newborn. And so the young heir grows up unbeknownst to his regal parents.

Written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819–1899) and Copyright 1872 by Peterson & Brothers.

Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the Philadelphia printed edition. 570 pages

570 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1854

About the author

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte (aka "E.D.E.N.") Southworth was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century. She was probably the most widely read author of that era.

Some of her earliest works appeared in The National Era, the newspaper that printed Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like her friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, she was a supporter of social change and women's rights. Her first novel, Retribution, a serial for the National Era, published in book form in 1846, was so well received that she gave up teaching and became a regular contributor to various periodicals, especially the New York Ledger.

Her best known work was The Hidden Hand. Most of her novels deal with the Southern United States during the post-American Civil War era.