is lorna doone based on a true story?
THE TRUE STORY OF THE DOONES? LORNA DOONE, by R.D. Blackmore, is regarded by many (or most) as pure fiction. ... However, Blackmore was not just a fiction writer, even if it is accepted that 'Lorna Doone' is fiction, for he was called to the Bar in 1852, and was a classical master at Wellesley House School, Twickenham.