With an Introduction and Notes by Pam Knights, Department of EnglishStudies, University of Durham Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor is anhistorical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England duringthe turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a moving lovestory told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows tomanhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heartand hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.