The Ladies Lindores

'The Ladies Lindores' is a historical novel by Mrs. Oliphant. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: 'It was not, however, with any sound of wheels, triumphal or otherwise, that young Erskine approached his father's house. It was all new and strange to him; the hills-the broad and wealthy carses through which he had passed-the noble Firth, half sea half river, which he had crossed over in his way-all appeared to him like landscapes in a dream, places he had seen before, though he could not tell how or when. It was afternoon when he reached Dunearn, which was the nearest place of any importance. He had chosen to stop there instead of at the little country station a few miles farther on, which was proper for Dalrulzian. This caprice had moved him, much in the same way as a prince had sometimes been moved to wander about incognito, and glean the opinions of his public as to his own character and proceedings.'

Mrs. Oliphant (real name Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828-1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. Her fictional works encompass 'domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural'. Oliphant wrote more than 120 works, including novels, books of travel and description, histories, and volumes of literary criticism.