Bungay Castle (novel)

Bungay Castle
Bungay Castle: A Novel, by Mrs. Bonhôte, author of The Parental Monitor
Title page of first edition
AuthorElizabeth Bonhôte
GenreGothic novel
PublisherWilliam Lane
Publication date
1797

Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte, first published in 1797. It is set loosely in the thirteenth century around the First Barons' War, and follows the fortunes of the fictional De Morney family at the real Bungay Castle in Suffolk. Bonhôte's husband purchased the ruins of this castle in 1791. The novel was published by William Lane's Minerva Press. The core themes of the novel are conservative and pro-monarchic.