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Unique Elements Detailed 20th-Century Historical Timeline This timeless classic makes a fantastic gift to give… or to add to your collection! Explore the wonders and magic of this unforgettable masterpiece and take an exhilarating step back in time! Synopsis: The Amulet: A Novel by American author Mary Noailles Murfree under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock, was first published in 1906. The story centers on the British frontier in the Smoky Mountains of America during 1763. Murfree paints a dramatic picture of life in the 18th century when a band of British soldiers faces unique challenges when living in the middle of the wilderness. Excerpt: ‘The aspect of the lonely moon in this bleak night sky exerted a strange fascination upon the English girl. She often paused to draw the improvised red curtain at the tiny window of the log house that served as the commandant’s quarters and gaze upon the translucent sphere as it swung westering above the spurs of the Great Smoky Mountains, which towered in the icy air on the horizon. Beneath it the forests gleamed fitfully with frost; the long snowy vistas of the shadowy valleys showed variant tones of white in its pearly lustre. So dominant was the sense of isolation, of the infinite loneliness of the wilderness, that to her the moon was like this nowhere else. A suspended consciousness seemed to characterize it, almost an abeyance of animation, yet this still serene splendor did not suggest death. She had long ago been taught, indeed, that it was an extinct and burnt-out world. But in this strange new existence old theories were blunted and she was ready for fresh impressions. This majestic tranquillity seemed as of deep and dreamless slumber, and the picturesque fancy of the Indians that the moon is but the sun asleep took strong hold on her imagination. She first heard the superstition one evening at dusk, as she stood at the window with one end of the curtain in her hand, and asked her fat