Caught in a storm in the west of Ireland, the Englishman Arthur Severn hears the legend of Knocknacar, the hill where a French treasure chest and a lost crown of gold are said to lie, and the king of the snakes was driven out by St. Patrick. He falls in love with a farmer’s daughter, Norah, and runs up against the gombeen man who has her father in his grip and the shifting bog that hides the secret.
Stoker’s first novel, a romance with gothic touches written seven years before Dracula. Download the free EPUB.