Project Gutenberg 2012-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 82 Fittis, Robert Scott 1824 1903 The Mosstrooper: A Legend of the Scottish Border Produced by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mosstrooper: A Legend of the Scottish Border" by Robert Scott Fittis is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around themes of revenge, identity, and the harsh realities of the Scottish borderlands during a tumultuous period in Scottish history. The narrative begins with a mysterious young man carrying a child, hinting at a plot entwined with personal vengeance and uncovering of lineage. At the start of the novel, a young man, identified as a typical Borderer, navigates the rugged Scottish landscape under the cover of darkness, carrying an infant he intends to abandon but finds himself conflicted about. This man, Edie Johnston, wrestles with his dark motives and the weight of revenge against the Southrons, and after a series of inner struggles, he ultimately lays the child at the gate of Hawksglen Castle as a cruel form of retribution against those he feels have wronged him. The subsequent chapters sketch the life of the child, Eustace, adopted by a noble family, and set the stage for the unfolding drama of identity and fate against the backdrop of feudal conflicts and personal betrayal that characterize life on the Scottish border. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41323/41323-h/images/cover.jpg en Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 245815 245829 2024-09-17T10:55:27.202460 2023-09-18T05:57:06.598865 text/html text/html 249161 2012-11-08T15:27:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 166055 2012-11-08T15:28:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 192981 2024-09-17T10:55:31.812451 application/epub+zip 195624 2024-09-17T10:55:28.136441 application/epub+zip 117462 2024-09-17T10:55:27.658434 application/epub+zip 272069 2024-09-17T10:55:34.740410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232330 2024-09-17T10:55:31.336456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163480 2022-09-18T20:11:28.546988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209160 2024-09-17T10:55:26.584470 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212137 2012-11-08T15:27:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 83869 2012-11-08T15:28:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 208894 2012-11-08T15:27:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83442 2012-11-08T15:28:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208887 2012-11-08T15:27:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83422 2012-11-08T15:28:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21399 2024-09-17T10:55:34.884415 application/rdf+xml 4148 2024-09-17T10:55:27.743436 image/jpeg 1266 2024-09-17T10:55:27.700446 image/jpeg 171286 2024-09-17T10:55:27.250445 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog