The Dukeries

Robert Murray Gilchrist (1868-1917) was a British novelist and short story writer, famous today for his horror and vampire stories, and also for his travel books around Derbyshire. Many of his most well know stories such as The Return and The Basilisk first appeared in The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances (1894). Other works include: Passion the Plaything (1890), Frangipanni (1893), Hercules and the Marionettes (1894), A Peakland Faggot: Tales Told of Milton Folk (1897), Willowbrake (1898), The Rue Bargain (1898), Nicholas and Mary and Other Milton Folk (1899), The Courtesy Dame (1900), Natives of Milton (1902), The Labyrinth (1902), Beggar's Manor (1903), Lords and Ladies (1903), The Two Goodwins (1908), The Gentle Thespians (1908), The Abbey Mystery (1908), Good-bye to Market: A Collection of Stories (1908), Pretty Fanny's Way (1909), The Dukeries (1910), The Peak District (1911), Willowford Woods (1911), The First Born (1911), The Secret Tontine (1912), Damosel Croft (1912), Roadknight (1913), Scarborough and Neighbourhood (1914), The Chase (1914) and Honeysuckle Rogue (1917). A collection of stories entitled A Peakland Faggot was published posthumously in 1926.