The Grey Man - Couverture souple

Crockett, S. R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904999581 ISBN 13 : 9781904999584

Editeur : Kennedy And Boyd, 2008

Synopsis

The Grey Man is a fast-paced adventure romance set in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the reign of James VI. Written when S.R. Crockett was at the height of his power and popularity as a novelist, the story deals with the violent feud between the Kennedys of Cassillis and the Kennedys of Bargany and introduces some of his most memorable characters drawn from local folklore. The fearsome grey-clad figure of John Mure of Auchindrayne and the legendary cannibal, Sawny Bean, stalk the canvas of a novel that captures the turbulence of Scottish history. With a new introduction that draws on unpublished material to trace Crockett's composition of the story and his transformation of historical sources, this edition offers an authoritative text of this once popular work which topped the best-seller charts of 1896. Richard D. Jackson is a graduate of the University of St Andrews. A former schoolteacher, HM Inspector of Schools and retired senior administrative civil servant, he co-edited The Forest Minstrel for The Collected Works of James Hogg, contributes regularly to Studies in Hogg and his World and has published essays in other journals on Walter Scott, John Buchan and Philip Larkin.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Samuel Rutherford Crockett, "S. R. Crockett". The success of J. M. Barrie and the Kailyard school of sentimental, homey writing had already created a demand for stories in Lowland Scots, when he published his successful story of The Stickit Minister during 1893. It was followed by a rapidly produced series of popular novels frequently featuring the history of Scotland or his native Galloway. The following are six of those novels (in their usual chronological order): J. R. R. Tolkien credits him as an influence on his wolf-fight scenes: “the episode of the 'wargs' (I believe) is in part derived from a scene in S. R. Crockett's The Black Douglas, probably his best romance and anyway one that deeply impressed me in school-days” THE GREY MAN THE OATH OF SWORDS Well do I mind the first time that ever I was in the heartsome town of Ballantrae. My father seldom went thither, because it was a hold of the Bargany folk, and it argued therefore sounder sense to give it the go-by. But it came to pass upon a time that it was necessary for my father to adventure from Kirrieoch on the border of Galloway, where we dwelt high on the moors, to the seaside of Ayr.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Grey Man By S. R. Crockett

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kennedy And Boyd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904999581
• ISBN 13: 9781904999584
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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