John Burnet of Barns by John Buchan
The novel is a historical romance set in the late 18th century. It tells the story of John Burnet, a young Scottish lawyer who becomes embroiled in the Jacobite rising of 1745. The narrative explores themes of loyalty, duty, and the complexities of human relationships amidst the turmoil of war and rebellion.
By John Buchan · First published 1908 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Coming-of-Age · 45 chapters
Contents
- The Adventure which Befell me in the Wood of Dawyck
- Of my Voyage to the Low Countries
- The Pier o' Leith
- I Hear no Good in the Inn at the Fords o' Clyde
- The House of Barns
- I Visit Master Peter Wishart
- How I Rode to the South
- An Old Journey with a New Errand
- The Spate in Tweed
- The Story of a Supper Party
- The House of Dawyck
- The House with the Chipped Gables
- I Go to the College at Glasgow
- Our Adventure on the Alphen Road
- How Michael Veitch Met his End
- Up Hill and down Dale
- Cousinly Affection
- The First Sunday of March
- I Claim a Promise, and we Seek the Hills
- Eaglesham
- How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated
- The First Monday of March
- The Cave of the Cor Water
- I Make my Peace with Gilbert Burnet
- The Pegasus Inn at Peebles and how a Stranger Returned from the Wars
- I Spend my Days in Idleness
- How Two of his Majesty's Servants Met with their Deserts
- Of a Voice in the Eventide
- I Take Leave of my Friends
- The Coming of the Brig Seamaw
- Of our Wanderings Among the Moors of Clyde
- How Nicol Plenderleith Sought his Fortune Elsewhere
- I Ride out on my Travels and Find a Companion
- An Account of my Home-Coming
- I Part from Marjory
- The End of all Things
- Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Cleuch
- How a Miller Strove with his own Mill-Wheel
- I Witness a Valiant Ending
- I Run a Narrow Escape for my Life
- I Fall in with Strange Friends
- The Baillies of no Man's Land
- How Three Men Held a Town in Terror
- Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar
- Smitwood
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