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
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)
54CHAPTER XXVII
2CHAPTER I
55ON THE HEARTSOME HEATHER
3THE OATH OF SWORDS
56CHAPTER XXVIII
4CHAPTER II
57WARM BACKS MAKE BRAW BAIRNS
5THE LASS OF THE WHITE TOWER
58CHAPTER XXIX
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6CHAPTER III
59THE MURDER AMONG THE SANDHILLS
7THE SECOND TAUNTING OF SPURHEEL
60CHAPTER XXX
8CHAPTER IV
61I SEEK FOR VENGEANCE
9THE INN ON THE RED MOSS
62CHAPTER XXXI
10CHAPTER V
63THE BLUE BLANKET
11THE THROWING OF THE BLOODY DAGGER
64CHAPTER XXXII
12CHAPTER VI
65GREEK MEETS GREEK.
13THE CROWN OF THE CAUSEWAY
66CHAPTER XXXIII
14CHAPTER VII
67THE DEVIL IS A GENTLEMAN
15MY LADY'S FAVOURS
68CHAPTER XXXIV
16CHAPTER VIII
69IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
17THE LAIRD OF AUCHENDRAYNE
70CHAPTER XXXV
18CHAPTER IX
71THE OGRE'S CASTLE
19CARTEL OF CONTUMELY
72CHAPTER XXXVI
20CHAPTER X
73THE DEFENCE OF CASTLE AILSA
21SIR THOMAS OF THE TOP-KNOT
74CHAPTER XXXVII
22CHAPTER XI
75THE VOICE OUT OF THE NIGHT
23SWORD AND SPIT
76CHAPTER XXXVIII
24CHAPTER XII
77A RESCUE FROM THE SEA
25THE FLITTING OF THE SOW
78CHAPTER XXXIX
26CHAPTER XIII
79THE CLEFT IN THE ROCK
27THE TRYST AT MIDNIGHT
80CHAPTER XL
28CHAPTER XIV
81THE CAVE OF DEATH
29THE ADVENTURE OF THE GARDEN
82CHAPTER XLI
30CHAPTER XV
83THE WERE-WOLF OF BENERARD
31A MIDNIGHT LEAGUER
84CHAPTER XLII
32CHAPTER XVI
85ANE LOCHABER AIX GIED HIM HIS PAIKS
33GREYBEARDS AND DIMPLE CHINS
86CHAPTER XLIII
34CHAPTER XVII
87THE MOOT HILL OF GIRVAN
35THE CORBIES AT THE EAGLE'S NEST
88CHAPTER XLIV
36CHAPTER XVIII
89THE MURDER UPON THE BEACH
37BAIRNS' PLAY
90CHAPTER XLV
38CHAPTER XIX
91THE MAN IN THE WIDE BREECHES
39FIGHTING THE BEASTS
92CHAPTER XLVI
40CHAPTER XX
93THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
41THE SECRET OF THE CAIRD
94CHAPTER XLVII
42CHAPTER XXI
95THE PLACE OF THE LEGION OF DEVILS
43MINE ANCIENT SWEETHEART
96CHAPTER XLVI1I
44CHAPTER XXII
97THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE OF KELWOOD
45A MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL
98CHAPTER XLIX
46CHAPTER XXIII
99THE GREAT DAY OF TRIAL
47A GALLOWAY RAID
100CHAPTER L
48CHAPTER XXIV
101THE LAST OF THE GREY MAN
49THE SLAUGHTER IN THE SNOW
102CHAPTER LI
50CHAPTER XXV
103MARJORIE'S GOOD-NIGHT
51MARJORIE BIDS HER LOVE GOOD-NIGHT
104CHAPTER LII
52CHAPTER XXVI
105HOME-COMING
53DAYS OF QUIET
106Memorable Quotes
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