The Broken Road is a novel by A. E. W. Mason, first published in 1907. The story follows the life of Richard Darrell, a young man who inherits a fortune from his uncle and sets out on a journey to discover the truth about his family's past. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Lucy, who helps him uncover the secrets of his family's history. As Richard delves deeper into his family's past, he discovers a tragic story of love, betrayal, and revenge that has haunted his family for generations. The Broken Road is a gripping tale of mystery, romance, and suspense that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.1929. The book begins: It was the Road which caused the trouble. It usually is the road. That and a reigning prince who was declared by his uncle secretly to have sold his country to the British, and a half-crazed priest from out beyond the borders of Afghanistan, who sat on a slab of stone by the riverbank and preached a djehad. But above all it was the road-Linforth's road. It came winding down from the passes, over slopes of shale; it was build with wooden galleries along the precipitous sides of cliffs; it snaked treacherously further and further across the rich valley of Chiltistan towards the Hindu Kush, until the people of that valley could endure it no longer. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.