The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

"A real work of imagination, ponderated and achieved." - Robert Louis Stevenson.

In this gripping tale of murder, madness, and demonic possession, the son of a radical Calvinist minister takes off on a crime spree in 18th-century Scotland.

Robert Wringhim attributes his misdeeds to the influence of a sinister companion, Gil-Martin - who may not actually exist.

Published anonymously in 1824, this ahead-of-its-time novel offers a haunting exploration of religious fanaticism.