Death the Knight and the Lady A Ghost Story - Stacpoole, H. De Vere
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"Death The Knight And The Lady" by H. The 15th century is the setting for the ghost story De Vere Stacpoole. The plot centers on the tragic saga of Sir James Douglas, a knight who, after killing his wife in a fit of rage, is cursed to live his entire life as a ghost. Until he locates a woman who will willingly become his wife and break the curse, the knight is doomed to wander the earth. The ghost of Sir James encounters a young lady who he thinks might be the one to break the curse centuries later. She is a kind and compassionate woman, but she is also engaged to be married to a man named…mehr

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"Death The Knight And The Lady" by H. The 15th century is the setting for the ghost story De Vere Stacpoole. The plot centers on the tragic saga of Sir James Douglas, a knight who, after killing his wife in a fit of rage, is cursed to live his entire life as a ghost. Until he locates a woman who will willingly become his wife and break the curse, the knight is doomed to wander the earth. The ghost of Sir James encounters a young lady who he thinks might be the one to break the curse centuries later. She is a kind and compassionate woman, but she is also engaged to be married to a man named John. Sir James decides to test her loyalty and devotion by appearing to her as a ghost and asking her to marry him. She is understandably terrified by the spectral presence, but she cares about the knight and decides to assist him. In the end, the ghost of Sir James finally finds peace and is able to rest in peace knowing that he has done the right thing. The story is a haunting tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption that explores the idea of what it means to be truly human.
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Irish author H. de Vere Stacpoole lived from 9 April 1863 to 12 April 1951. The Blue Lagoon, a romance book published in 1908, is his best-known work and has been made into a number of motion pictures. He was the final son of the Reverend William Church Stacpoole, a theologian and the headmaster of Kingstown School, and Charlotte Augusta. He was born on April 9, 1863, in Kingstown, now known as Dun Laoghaire, in Taney, close to Dublin. He had three older sisters, the oldest of them, Florence Stacpoole, who was a health and medicine author. Henry credited his mother, who was of Irish descent but had grown up in the wildest and most forested areas of Canada up to the age of twelve before deciding to become a widow and move back to Ireland, with having a significant influence on his love of nature, which had defined his entire life. When Reverend William passed away too soon in 1870, the mother was left to raise her four kids by herself. The family relocated for an extended period to Nice in the south of France in the winter of 1871 due to lung issues that were incorrectly diagnosed.