Résumé
Résumé de Bob, fils de Battle
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
You will love this if you enjoy dog stories with real feeling, farm life in wild hill country, and sheepdog trials. It also speaks to readers drawn to family loyalties and bitter rivalries.
De quoi parle ce livre ?
What do you do when the best sheepdog in the North lives next door to the worst-tempered man in the Dale? Bob, Son of Battle is Alfred Ollivant's story of two rival dogs, a gray gentleman and a tawny fighter, and the families who love and fear them. It gives you a northern hill world of sheep trials, feuds and storms, and it opens on a sunny farmyard where a young gray dog is already winning hearts.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A young gray dog wins the DaleFree
- 2A bitter little Scotsman buys a puppy
- 3Rivals meet and a feud takes root
- 4David is caught between two homes
- 5The Cup becomes an obsession
- 6The Black Killer haunts the hills
- 7Love and quarrels between two farms
- 8Trust and suspicion divide the Dale
- 9What the story is really about
Point clé 1 sur 9
A young gray dog wins the Dale
The story opens at Kenmuir, a farm in the shadow of Muir Pike, where old Tammas Thornton and gloomy Sam'l Todd argue over the fame of the Gray Dogs. The newest of the line is Bob, a grave young dog with sad eyes and a white patch on his chest.
Bob has just driven a loose bull back into its stall and sat in the doorway like a sentry. The Master, James Moore, lays a hand on his head and sets him to learn his work. Soon Parson Leggy, the best judge of sheep for miles, sums the young dog up in one word, genius.
The Dalesmen start to call him Owd Bob, and they take his fame as their own. The first idea of the book is simple: some creatures earn trust by quiet skill. That trust becomes the fixed point the rest of the story turns around.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Who’s who
- Owd Bob
- Owd Bob is the Moore household's gray working sheepdog, steady and loyal to his master and the flock.
- Red Wull
- Red Wull is Adam M'Adam's large, powerful dog, whose fierce nature matches his master's temper.
- James Moore
- James Moore is Owd Bob's master, a respected shepherd known for steadiness and fairness among his neighbours.
- Adam M'Adam
- Adam M'Adam is Red Wull's hard, resentful owner, whose grudges set him against his neighbours.
About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 77,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 5 h 10 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 9 other languages
Questions about Bob, fils de Battle
What is Bob, Son of Battle about?
It follows Owd Bob, a gray sheepdog of Kenmuir, and his rival Red Wull, owned by the bitter M'Adam. Their feud runs through sheepdog trials, a winter storm, a mystery killer and a family torn between two farms.
Who is the Black Killer in Bob, Son of Battle?
The Black Killer is the unseen creature that murders sheep one at a time on dark, wet nights across the Dale. Much of the story is about who the Dalesmen suspect and why, and how the truth is finally found.
What is the Shepherds' Trophy?
It is the Champion Challenge Dale Cup, the silver prize at the northern sheepdog trials. The Gray Dogs of Kenmuir have long won it, and a dog that wins it three times keeps it, which makes it the focus of the rivalry.
Is Bob, Son of Battle a true story?
It is a novel about shepherds and their dogs in northern hill country. The story brings together sheep farming, local speech and the rivalry of the sheepdog trials.
Is Bob, Son of Battle easy to read?
Its story is clear and full of action, with farmyard comedy, storms and trials. Dialect gives voices flavour, and short scenes carry the reader along from the first page.