
On a windswept cliff in the Southern Albanach, the aging Earl Raincy surveys the world he believes should be his. Beside him stands his grandson Louis, a boy caught between the weight of an ancient title and the restless energy of youth. The earl’s bitterness over a thousand‑acre stretch of fertile valley—stolen centuries ago by the Ferris family—colors every thought, and his stories of battles, betrayals, and inherited grudges echo across the rolling hills and the sea‑kissed bay.
Louis, however, cannot share his grandfather’s fixation. Dressed in a blue velvet college cap, he dreams of a life beyond the stone walls of Castle Raincy, yearning for the navy or the army instead of the idle privilege of an heir. As the old man’s anger flares and the land dispute simmers, the young heir’s defiant curiosity hints at choices that could reshape both family legacy and the future of the contested coast.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (550K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2007-06-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1860–1914
A Scottish storyteller of adventure, history, and rural life, he turned the landscapes and speech of Galloway into vivid popular fiction. Best known for "The Raiders" and "The Lilac Sunbonnet," he was one of the most widely read Scottish novelists of his day.
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