The Grey Man (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Scottish Historical Romance of Clan Feud, Vengeance, and Fatal Inheritance in James VI's AyrshireBy S. R. Crockett
Length13h 18m
About this audiobook
The Grey Man is a darkly vigorous historical romance set amid the violent factional politics of early modern south-west Scotland, where clan loyalty, private vengeance, and uncertain justice shape every human choice. Crockett draws on the traditions of Scottish historical fiction after Scott and Stevenson, combining antiquarian interest with swift melodramatic plotting, atmospheric landscape-writing, and passages of Scots-inflected dialogue. Its world of moor, castle, feud, and fatal inheritance gives the novel a grim moral pressure beneath its adventurous surface. S. R. Crockett, born in Galloway in 1859 and raised among the rural speech, legends, and religious memories of south-west Scotland, was unusually equipped to recreate this terrain imaginatively. A Free Church minister before becoming a popular novelist, he brought to his fiction both pastoral intimacy with local character and a historian's fascination with Covenanting and Border traditions. The Grey Man reflects his lifelong engagement with the darker energies of Scottish history. Readers drawn to richly textured historical fiction will find this novel rewarding: it offers romance without sentimentality, action grounded in place, and a shrewd understanding of how violence enters family, law, and conscience.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (33)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length13 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 29, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Grey Man (Annotated)
26CHAPTER XIII
2CHAPTER I
27THE TRYST AT MIDNIGHT
3THE OATH OF SWORDS
28CHAPTER XIV
4CHAPTER II
29THE ADVENTURE OF THE GARDEN
5THE LASS OF THE WHITE TOWER
30CHAPTER XV
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6CHAPTER III
31A MIDNIGHT LEAGUER
7THE SECOND TAUNTING OF SPURHEEL
32CHAPTER XVI
8CHAPTER IV
33GREYBEARDS AND DIMPLE CHINS
9THE INN ON THE RED MOSS
34CHAPTER XVII
10CHAPTER V
35THE CORBIES AT THE EAGLE'S NEST
11THE THROWING OF THE BLOODY DAGGER
36CHAPTER XVIII
12CHAPTER VI
37BAIRNS' PLAY
13THE CROWN OF THE CAUSEWAY
38CHAPTER XIX
14CHAPTER VII
39FIGHTING THE BEASTS
15MY LADY'S FAVOURS
40CHAPTER XX
16CHAPTER VIII
41THE SECRET OF THE CAIRD
17THE LAIRD OF AUCHENDRAYNE
42CHAPTER XXI
18CHAPTER IX
43MINE ANCIENT SWEETHEART
19CARTEL OF CONTUMELY
44CHAPTER XXII
20CHAPTER X
45A MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL
21SIR THOMAS OF THE TOP-KNOT
46CHAPTER XXIII
22CHAPTER XI
47A GALLOWAY RAID
23SWORD AND SPIT
48CHAPTER XXIV
24CHAPTER XII
49THE SLAUGHTER IN THE SNOW
25THE FLITTING OF THE SOW
50CHAPTER XXV
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