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Border Ghost Stories

Tales of the Anglo-Scottish Border

by Howard Pease ...

Series series Gothic & Horror
Ghosts of the Anglo-Scottish border, written by a man who had spent his life collecting its ballads: reivers who ride after death, a piper, a drowned man at a ford, the gray figure that walks a peel tower. Pease was a Northumbrian who wrote the Border's history as well as its tales; his stories keep the ballads' flat tone, which is what makes them work. Fifty-six plates of lochs, sheepfolds and ... Read more

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Ghosts of the Anglo-Scottish border, written by a man who had spent his life collecting its ballads: reivers who ride after death, a piper, a drowned man at a ford, the gray figure that walks a peel tower. Pease was a Northumbrian who wrote the Border's history as well as its tales; his stories keep the ballads' flat tone, which is what makes them work. Fifty-six plates of lochs, sheepfolds and
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THE BLANKET OF THE DARK & Other Dark Mysteries (Unabridged) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Intrigue, Witchcraft, and Adventure from Henry VIII's England to Jacobite Scotland

by John Buchan, Reid Graybourne ...

In THE BLANKET OF THE DARK & Other Dark Mysteries, John Buchan gathers the energies of historical romance, political thriller, and uncanny tale into narratives shadowed by secrecy, pursuit, and moral testing. The title novel, set in Tudor England, follows a dispossessed young man drawn into dynastic intrigue, while the accompanying dark mysteries display Buchan's characteristic command of ... Read more

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In THE BLANKET OF THE DARK & Other Dark Mysteries, John Buchan gathers the energies of historical romance, political thriller, and uncanny tale into narratives shadowed by secrecy, pursuit, and moral testing. The title novel, set in Tudor England, follows a dispossessed young man drawn into dynastic intrigue, while the accompanying dark mysteries display Buchan's characteristic command of
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary and Imaginative (Complete)

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You have all heard of the Cheviot mountains. They are a rough, rugged, majestic chain of hills, which a poet might term the Roman wall of nature; crowned with snow, belted with storms, surrounded by pastures and fruitful fields, and still dividing the northern portion of Great Britain from the southern. With their proud summits piercing the clouds, and their dark rocky declivities frowning upon ... Read more

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You have all heard of the Cheviot mountains. They are a rough, rugged, majestic chain of hills, which a poet might term the Roman wall of nature; crowned with snow, belted with storms, surrounded by pastures and fruitful fields, and still dividing the northern portion of Great Britain from the southern. With their proud summits piercing the clouds, and their dark rocky declivities frowning upon
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MYSTERY & HORROR COLLECTION – Witch Wood & Other Dark-'N'-Spooky Tales (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. The Wind in the Portico, The Green Wildebeest, No-Man's-Land, The Watcher by the Threshold, Space, Tendebaunt Manus and many more

by John Buchan, Reid Graybourne ...

Gathering John Buchan's Witch Wood with a constellation of dark and uncanny tales, this collection reveals a writer often remembered for adventure fiction as a subtle craftsman of dread. Its stories mingle Scottish landscape, folk memory, Calvinist anxiety, and the supernatural, producing terror less through spectacle than through moral pressure and historical depth. Buchan's prose is lucid, ... Read more

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Gathering John Buchan's Witch Wood with a constellation of dark and uncanny tales, this collection reveals a writer often remembered for adventure fiction as a subtle craftsman of dread. Its stories mingle Scottish landscape, folk memory, Calvinist anxiety, and the supernatural, producing terror less through spectacle than through moral pressure and historical depth. Buchan's prose is lucid,
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Rob Roy

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How have I sinn'd, that this affliction Should light so heavy on me? I have no more sons, And this no more mine own. - -My grand curse Hang o'er his head that thus transformed thee! - -Travel? I'll send my horse to travel next. Monsieur Thomas. ... Read more

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How have I sinn'd, that this affliction Should light so heavy on me? I have no more sons, And this no more mine own. - -My grand curse Hang o'er his head that thus transformed thee! - -Travel? I'll send my horse to travel next. Monsieur Thomas.
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The Black Dwarf (Mobi Classics)

by Sir Walter Scott ...

Walter Scott's novel The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series, published along with Old Mortality on 2 December 1816 by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London. It was originally to be one of four volumes with separate stories in the series, but Old Mortality came to occupy three of them. Only The Black Dwarf filled a single volume. Excerpted from Wikipedia, ... Read more

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Walter Scott's novel The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series, published along with Old Mortality on 2 December 1816 by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London. It was originally to be one of four volumes with separate stories in the series, but Old Mortality came to occupy three of them. Only The Black Dwarf filled a single volume. Excerpted from Wikipedia,
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Catriona or David Balfour, A Sequel to Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Historical novel. According to the Dedication: "It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company's office, must expect his late reappearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should ... Read more

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Historical novel. According to the Dedication: "It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company's office, must expect his late reappearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explorations, I am not without hope. There should
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JOHN BUCHAN - Complete Short Stories Collection (Unabridged) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Short stories of Scottish intrigue, World War I espionage, and high adventure

by John Buchan, Reid Graybourne ...

This unabridged collection gathers the full range of John Buchan's short fiction, revealing a writer equally at home in adventure, psychological suspense, imperial romance, supernatural suggestion, and crisp social observation. Written in a lucid, vigorous prose style, these stories belong to the late Victorian and Edwardian traditions of the tale, yet they also anticipate the modern thriller in ... Read more

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This unabridged collection gathers the full range of John Buchan's short fiction, revealing a writer equally at home in adventure, psychological suspense, imperial romance, supernatural suggestion, and crisp social observation. Written in a lucid, vigorous prose style, these stories belong to the late Victorian and Edwardian traditions of the tale, yet they also anticipate the modern thriller in
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Neil Munro, Collection

by Neil Munro ...

Neil Munro (1863 – 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known were about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also included stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson, and the ... Read more

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Neil Munro (1863 – 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known were about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also included stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson, and the
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Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering & The Antiquary (3 Books in One Edition)

Enriched edition. With Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang

by Walter Scott, Keith Larson ...

Walter Scott's compilation of 'Waverley, Guy Mannering & The Antiquary' presents readers with a collection of three timeless classics, each showcasing Scott's vivid historical imagination and engaging storytelling. Set in Scotland, these novels transport readers back to the 18th and 19th centuries, intertwining historical events with fictional characters in a seamless and captivating manner. His ... Read more

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Walter Scott's compilation of 'Waverley, Guy Mannering & The Antiquary' presents readers with a collection of three timeless classics, each showcasing Scott's vivid historical imagination and engaging storytelling. Set in Scotland, these novels transport readers back to the 18th and 19th centuries, intertwining historical events with fictional characters in a seamless and captivating manner. His
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Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Series series Radici
An unfinished novel. Archie Weir, is a young boy with a Romantic sensibility and sensitivity. The death of his mother exacerbates the contrast with the father who will banish him from his family and send to the family's property in the nearby Hermiston. Here the guy will meet and fall in love with Kirstie. ... Read more

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An unfinished novel. Archie Weir, is a young boy with a Romantic sensibility and sensitivity. The death of his mother exacerbates the contrast with the father who will banish him from his family and send to the family's property in the nearby Hermiston. Here the guy will meet and fall in love with Kirstie.
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The Watcher by the Threshold

Shorter Scottish Fiction

by John Buchan ...

Series Book 9 - Canongate Classics
This is the first ever complete collection of all Buchan's shorter Scottish fiction. Set largely in his beloved Borders, these stories and novellas show the full range and depth of Buchan's writing. Featuring shepherds, poachers, gamekeepers and drovers, they are worlds away from the tales of aristocratic adventure with which he is so often associated.Shot through with characters and places he ... Read more

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This is the first ever complete collection of all Buchan's shorter Scottish fiction. Set largely in his beloved Borders, these stories and novellas show the full range and depth of Buchan's writing. Featuring shepherds, poachers, gamekeepers and drovers, they are worlds away from the tales of aristocratic adventure with which he is so often associated.Shot through with characters and places he
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