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Witch Wood
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Considered a masterpiece by critics, John Buchan’s Witch Wood combines the author’s interests in landscape, Calvinism, and the fate of Scotland after the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, religious struggles run rampant. Here, Young David Sempill, a moderate Presbyterian minister, pleas with his sect to have compassion for the remnants of King Montrose’s defeated army, who are being harried and slaughtered by religious extremists. But as pre-Christian nature worship and its accompanying black magicks seep forth from Melanudrigill Wood, Sempill himself disappears.
Originally published in 1927.
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- Wendy
- 31-07-23
A brilliant story
This story is really well read, though the Scots dialect is a bit difficult, but you get the gist of it. The reader is clear and brings out the drama wonderfully. Well done!
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- christopher M
- 24-04-24
History & Faith
I confess that I only knew the writings of John Buchan from the 39 Steps I have listened to this and one other . He was a writer with great variation this book based on true events combines History of the highlands and the influence of the reformation especially Calvin on the lives of the Scottish people. The accent and language are often difficult and a knowledge of scripture would be helpful the fact that the bible was the language of ordinary folk gives insight into the times. Sometimes a difficult listen but persevere the rich tapestry you listen by an excellent writer is worth the effort.
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- N. J. Mayes
- 21-09-23
Let down by narrator with no knowledge of Scots
Most of the extensive dialogue in this book takes place in Scots. Unfortunately, the narrator has no background with this language and mispronounces most of its words. I was left wondering why you'd commission someone with no experience of Scots to read this, and why none of the many errors he makes were caught in the editing process.
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