
audiobook
by James Hogg
THE THREE PERILS OF MAN; OR, War, Women, and Witchcraft. A BORDER ROMANCE.
CHAP. I.
VERSE FIRST.
VERSE SECOND.
VERSE THIRD.
VERSE FOURTH.
VERSE FIFTH.
VERSE THE FIFTEENTH.
VERSE SIXTEENTH AND LAST.
CHAPTER II.
A thunderous call rings out over a shattered borderland, where war‑torn forts loom against a sky streaked with moon and stars. Young Charlie Scott, fierce and loyal, finds himself summoned by his old comrade Dan Chisholm, who brings grim news of a world turned upside‑down—forests twisted, waters flooding towns, and an unseen menace prowling the hills. The two men stand before a besieged castle, its gates barred by a tyrannical Master who seems as much a prisoner of his own power as the captives within.
Against this backdrop of looming conflict, whispers of witchcraft stir the air, hinting at darker forces tugging at destiny. The narrative weaves together fierce camaraderie, a looming supernatural threat, and the uneasy hope of breaking the iron clasp that holds them all. Listeners are drawn into a gritty, atmospheric tale where bravery and mystery clash at every turn.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (454K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Henry Flower, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
2012-06-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1770–1835
A self-taught shepherd who became one of Scotland’s most distinctive literary voices, he brought Border songs, rural life, and eerie imagination into poetry and fiction. Best known as the “Ettrick Shepherd,” he wrote with equal ease in Scots and English.
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