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A decade has passed since the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden. Despite their defeat and the brutal oppression by English forces, the Jacobites have not disappeared completely... French aristocrat Count Victor arrives from Paris at Castle Doom on Scotland's Argyle coast, and soon finds himself drawn into a web of spies, deceit, legal manipulation and revenge... and he also soon meets the cheerfully grumpy Mungo Boyd... Now best known for creating the adventures of Para Handy aboard the Vital Spark, Neil Munro wrote numerous other works including this splendid tale of espionage and adventure.

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Excerpt from Doom Castle: A RomanceTen Of them ran after him clamouring loudly to give the impression of larger numbers; he heard them with relief when oppressed by the in human solemnity of the scenery that was too deep in its swoon to give back even an echo to the breaker on the shore, and he drew up his horse, turned his head a little and listened, flush ing-with annoyance when the rude calls of his pur suers became, even in their unknown jargon, too plainly peremptory and meant for him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Neil Munro (1863-1930), who wrote as Hugh Foulis and Mr. Incognito was a journalist and author. He worked as a journalist on various Scottish newspapers. He became known for his Highland historical novels, especially John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman and the Little Wars of Lorn (1898) and Doom Castle (1900) but achieved lasting fame for his humourous stories written under the pen name of Hugh Foulis. Amongst his other works are The Lost Pibroch and Other Sheiling Stories (1896), Gilian the Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure (1899), The Shoes of Fortune (1901), Erchie: My Droll Friend (1904) and The Daft Days (1907).

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