Project Gutenberg 2021-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 152 Grant, James 1822 1887 The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes The Royal Regiment -- The secret marriage -- The student's story -- Clare Thorne's temptation -- The great sea serpent -- Military "folk lore" -- Story of a merchant captain -- The story of Renée of Angers -- Anna Schonleben -- Laura Wenlock's Christmas Eve. Al Haines "The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes" by James Grant is a historical fiction work likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative centers around Roland Ruthven, a young officer in the Royal Scots, who returns home to Scotland after serving abroad to find his father gravely ill. As he navigates the complexities of family legacy, honor, and impending danger, Roland's story is intertwined with themes of love, duty, and the consequences of past choices that haunt his lineage. The opening of the novella establishes a sense of urgency as Roland races home, worried for his father's health and the family's fate. His arrival at Ardgowrie, their ancestral home, is marked by the somber atmosphere surrounding his father's illness and the burdens of family expectations. As Roland learns of a shadowy family secret connected to a concealed will, tensions rise, and the historical backdrop of military service amidst personal conflict begins to unfold. With rich descriptions and character introspection, the narrative hints at deeper familial fractures and the protagonist's struggle with the weight of honor, adding layers of emotional complexity to the otherwise turbulent events of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scotland -- Fiction Scotland -- History, Military -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 477985 2025-07-26T07:24:51.269473 text/html 460875 2024-10-18T15:12:06 text/html 341491 2025-07-26T07:24:57.650403 application/epub+zip 347463 2025-07-26T07:24:52.397439 application/epub+zip 267039 2025-07-26T07:24:51.921453 application/epub+zip 479991 2025-07-26T07:25:01.851386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458384 2025-07-26T07:24:57.211380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377932 2022-09-29T16:56:14.949222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447785 2025-07-26T07:24:50.317435 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 427998 2024-10-18T15:12:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16868 2025-07-26T07:25:01.993373 application/rdf+xml 8320 2025-07-26T07:24:52.084412 image/jpeg 1706 2025-07-26T07:24:51.999414 image/jpeg 406038 2025-07-26T07:24:51.312408 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 en.wikipedia