In an 1869 R.D. Blackmore adventure novel, Lorna is kidnapped by this family of outlaws
Blackmore - Kenyon College [PAR] R. D. Blackmore truly captured the land and peoples of Exmoor, thus Lorna 
Doone ... Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone was published in 1869 and takes 
place in ... father had been killed by the Doones, a family of robbers who infest 
the area, ...