Résumé
Résumé de Le château de Doom
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
Readers who love swordplay, Highland scenery and old Jacobite loyalties will enjoy it, as will anyone who likes a mystery with a warm heart, a witty hero and a tower full of secrets.
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Doom Castle is a Scottish adventure of revenge, secrets and love, written by Neil Munro and set in the Argyll Highlands in the years after the Jacobite rising of 1745. A French nobleman, Count Victor de Montaiglon, rides into a country he does not know, hunting a spy who betrayed a woman he once knew. It gives you chases, duels, a haunted tower and a love story, all against the sea and hills of the west coast.
Victor arrives with one friendly name in his pocket, that of a poor Highland baron who lives in a bare castle on a rock. He soon finds that the castle holds more riddles than the man he is hunting. Who plays the flageolet at midnight? Who signals from a window? Why does a servant lock him in a room? Munro builds these puzzles with humor, and with a deep feeling for the land and its lost customs.
You will meet a dashing and witty swordsman, a sad and proud laird, a small servant who dreams of war, and a Duke who rules the district. Let us begin with the storm-lashed shore where Victor first meets danger.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A Frenchman Meets the Silent HighlandsFree
- 2A Chase to the Tower on the Rock
- 3The Baron of Doom and His Odd Household
- 4Signals, Music and a Dagger in the Dark
- 5Olivia and the Secret of the Tartan
- 6The Duke's Court and the Charming Chamberlain
- 7A Broken Tryst and a Duel on the Sands
- 8Prison, Escape and a Duchess's Kindness
- 9Love, a Letter and the Last Reckoning at Doom
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A Frenchman Meets the Silent Highlands
The story opens on an autumn afternoon beside a Highland sea loch. Count Victor Jean de Montaiglon has come from Paris, and the silence of the valleys weighs on him after the noise of the French capital. He thinks of Argyll as a dull and law-abiding place.
He is wrong. Ten ragged men from the woods, broken clansmen with a taste for fine horses and silver lace, decide that this lone gentleman has been sent to them by Providence. A shot kills his horse. Victor, who has fought at Dettingen and in ten duels, stands with pistols in hand and finds that the enemy will not show themselves.
He is tender with animals, and it costs him much to end the suffering of his horse. Then he picks up his bag and walks on toward a castle named in a letter from a friend, Hugh Bethune, a secretary of the exiled Lord Marischal. His fear is mixed with humor, for he cannot help picturing his stiff aunt watching him run with his own luggage on his back.
This opening sets the tone of the whole book. A man of wit and courage meets a land of mist, menace and sudden beauty, and he does not yet understand either.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Questions about Le château de Doom
What is Doom Castle about?
A French count, Victor de Montaiglon, travels to Argyll to find a spy who betrayed a woman he knew. He shelters in Doom, a sea-bound castle, where he meets its proud baron, a loyal servant, a lovely daughter and a secret admirer.
Who is Drimdarroch in Doom Castle?
Drimdarroch is the false name of the spy Count Victor is hunting. It is also an old estate that the Baron of Doom once owned. The mystery of who really uses the name drives much of the story.
When is Doom Castle set and is it a true story?
It is a novel set in the 1750s, a few years after the Jacobite rising of 1745. Real figures such as the Duke of Argyll and the trial of James Stewart of the Glen give it a historical frame.
What does the motto over the door of Doom mean?
The words ask people to look to the end of all things, to be no wiser than the priest and to hope in God. It hints at the castle's fall and the family's faith.
Is Doom Castle easy to follow?
Yes, the story moves through clear scenes of chases, duels and escapes, with a lively hero, vivid Highland scenery and plenty of humor from Mungo and the Duchess to keep the pages turning.