A founding father of the American conservative movement, Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was also a renowned and bestselling writer of fiction. Kirk's focus was the ghost story, or "ghostly tale"--a "decayed art" of which he considered himself a "last remaining master." _Old House of Fear_ , Kirk's first n
Old House of Fear
β Scribed by Kirk, Russell
- Book ID
- 108851269
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 467 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780802817624
- ASIN
- B002C4L0DS
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β¦ Synopsis
Attorney Hugh Logan leaves Canada for Scotland to negotiate the purchase of Carnglass Island and the castle Old House of Fear for his employer, Duncan MacAskival. Logan is continually thwarted and threatened on his journey. But no matter how bad his travels, his arrival onto the island brings much worse trouble. Carnglass is under the control of evil genius Dr. Edmund Jackman, a Soviet-educated political revolutionary convinced that Logan is a spy who must die. Will Jackmanβs plot be thwarted? Will Logan be able to rescue the lovely niece of the noble owner of Old House? Will anyone get off the island alive?
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