Project Gutenberg 2012-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 134 Fittis, Robert Scott 1824 1903 The Mosstrooper: A Legend of the Scottish Border Produced by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mosstrooper: A Legend of the Scottish Border" by Robert Scott Fittis is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around themes of revenge, identity, and the harsh realities of the Scottish borderlands during a tumultuous period in Scottish history. The narrative begins with a mysterious young man carrying a child, hinting at a plot entwined with personal vengeance and uncovering of lineage. At the start of the novel, a young man, identified as a typical Borderer, navigates the rugged Scottish landscape under the cover of darkness, carrying an infant he intends to abandon but finds himself conflicted about. This man, Edie Johnston, wrestles with his dark motives and the weight of revenge against the Southrons, and after a series of inner struggles, he ultimately lays the child at the gate of Hawksglen Castle as a cruel form of retribution against those he feels have wronged him. The subsequent chapters sketch the life of the child, Eustace, adopted by a noble family, and set the stage for the unfolding drama of identity and fate against the backdrop of feudal conflicts and personal betrayal that characterize life on the Scottish border. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41323/41323-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 246037 2025-08-16T16:07:51.751515 text/html 229187 2024-10-23T12:06:20 text/html 192819 2025-08-16T16:07:56.032408 application/epub+zip 195214 2025-08-16T16:07:52.695437 application/epub+zip 117182 2025-08-16T16:07:52.259427 application/epub+zip 271933 2025-08-16T16:07:58.751397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232371 2025-08-16T16:07:55.569424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163480 2022-09-18T20:11:28.546988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212243 2025-08-16T16:07:51.329474 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192287 2024-10-23T12:06:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16021 2025-08-16T16:07:58.911396 application/rdf+xml 4148 2025-08-16T16:07:52.350429 image/jpeg 1266 2025-08-16T16:07:52.305415 image/jpeg 170980 2025-08-16T16:07:51.797450 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog