"Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete" by Walter Scott is a novel published in 1815. When young Harry Bertram witnesses a murder and vanishes on his fifth birthday, his family's fortune crumbles into ruin. Years later, a mysterious cavalry officer with uncertain origins arrives in Scotland, drawn into a web of smugglers, gypsies, and dark secrets surrounding the lost Ellangowan estate. Can the threads of past and present untangle to reveal Harry's fate and restore what was stolen? (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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