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This is the final Chapter in the Dr Syn series. It tells the tale of the good people of England's Romney Marsh, battling to deceive the local revenue men of duty for contraband goods from France. The men of Romney Marsh are led by the villan the Scarecrow who is non other than the good Dr Syn Parson of Dymchurch-under-the wall, so named as the sea is 9 feet above the sea wall. At night the frail Parson Dr Syn becomes the vicious Scarecrow, stopping at nothing to get the cotraband through, crossing the moorland and dikes, riding his huge black horse Gehenna painted with luminous paint, to add to the 'folklore' of the mystery of the Scarecrow. Only Mipps his faithful assistant knows the true identity of the Scarecrow. The Excise men finally get a man to match the Scarecrow and Mr Faulks arrives in Dymchurch with an old sailor that Syn multilated in his days on the sea as Captain Clegg (told in Dr Syn on the high seas). Recognition of the old Sailor sends Syn into morbid moods, Mipps knows his master is worried about the visitor from the past.
The Vicar of Dymchurch pursues his smuggling activities in the guise of a scarecrow during the reign of George III.
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The Slype is a dark passage, reputedly haunted, adjoining the ancient cathedral of Dullchester, and it plays a central role in this thrilling mystery. As the story opens, this sleepy cathedral city has a sinister visitor whose ominous pastime consists of cutting paper silhouettes depicting a corpse hanging from a gibbet. After his arrival, a series of terrifying events ensues: ghostly screams are heard to emanate from the Slype, and the town's residents begin disappearing one by one, inexplicably and without a trace. Young Daniel Dyke, Sergeant Wurren, and Inspector Macauley of Scotland Yard will have to join forces to unravel this deadly mystery and uncover a centuries-old secret ... before it's too late!
“Doctor Syn on the High Seas” is a 1936 novel by British writer Arthur Thorndike. The second in the Doctor Syn series, it tells the story of how a young clergyman called Christopher Syn loses his wife to a seducer and his consequent quest for vengeance. Arthur Russell Thorndike (1885 – 1972) was a British actor and novelist, most famous for his ‘Doctor Syn of Romney Marsh’ series of novels. Other notable works by this author include: ‘Children of the Garter’ (1937), “The Slype” (1927), and “The Master of the Macabre” (1946). Contents include: “Doctor Syn Meets Minister Mipps”, “Doctor Syn Becomes a Squire of Dames”, “Doctor Syn Escapes”, “The Challenge”, “The Abduction”, “The Duel”, “The Friend of the Family”, “The Elopement”, “The Dead Man”, “The Odyssey Begins”, “Pirates”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
Dr Syn though he had escpaed from his piratical past, surviving shipwreck and death, he had been reinstated as Vicar of Dymchurch. But, he was discovered by Mipps, an old pirate.
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