The Black Tor: A Tale of the Reign of James the First
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Black Tor: A Tale of the Reign of James the First
                                            
                            By George Manville Fenn
                            
                                16 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: About as rugged, fierce-looking a gang of men as a lad could set eyes on, as they struggled up the steep cliff road leading to the castle, which frowned at the summit, where the flashing waters of the Gleame swept round three sides of 
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                                                Brief Extract: About as rugged, fierce-looking a gang of men as a lad could set eyes on, as they struggled up the steep cliff road leading to the castle, which frowned at the summit, where the flashing waters of the Gleame swept round three sides of its foot, half hidden by the beeches and birches, which overhung the limpid stream. The late spring was at its brightest and best, but there had been no rain; and as the men who had waded the river lower down, climbed the steep cliff road, they kicked up the white limestone dust, and caked their wet high boots, which, in several instances, had opened holes in which toes could be seen, looking like curious reptiles deep in gnarled and crumpled shells Less