This historical novel is set in the Scottish Borders during the reign of Robert II, King of Scots (1371-1390). The story features the English Sir Philip Musgrave who captures Roxburgh castle and is committed to hold it for a specified period to satisfy his mistress Lady Jane Howard. James, Earl of Douglas, takes up a challenge by Robert's daughter Princess Margaret to recapture it within the same period. Sir Walter Scott of Rankleburn assists Douglas indirectly by harassing the English supply chain, to his own advantage. On the other hand, both Jane and Margaret assume male disguise in order to keep an eye on their respective lovers…
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James Hogg. The Three Perils of Man: War, Women, and Witchcraft
The Three Perils of Man: War, Women, and Witchcraft
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
Footnote
VOLUME 2
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
The Friar's Tale. CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER VI
Laird of Peatstacknowe's Tale
CHAPTER VII
Charlie Scott's Tale
CHAPTER VIII
Tam Craik's Tale
VOLUME 3
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE SWEETEST THING THE BEST THING
VERSE FIRST
VERSE SECOND
VERSE THIRD
VERSE FOURTH
VERSE FIFTH
VERSE THE FIFTEENTH
VERSE SIXTEENTH AND LAST
HYMN TO THE DEVIL
CHAPTER II
The Poet's Tale
HYMN TO THE REDEEMER
HYMN TO ODIN. I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
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"Niddisdale a' to pertain to my house!"
"Carle, I gie nae credit to sic forbodings; but I have heard something like this afore. Will ye stay till I bring my son Robin, the young Master of Mountcomyn, and let him hear it? For aince a man takes a mark on his way, I wadna hae him to tine sight o't. Mony a time has the tail o' the king's elwand pointed me the way to Cumberland; an' as often has the ee o' the Charlie-wain blinkit me hame again. A man's nae the waur o' a bit beacon o' some kind—a bit hope set afore him, auld carle; an' the Nine Glens o' Niddisdale are nae Willie-an-the-Wisp in a lad's ee."
