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luzulaI wish I could write book reviews as long and interesting as regshoe's, but alas, you must make do with this instead...definitely looking forward to her review of this book, though, when she gets around to reading it! And hyarrowen, you should read it as well. : )
Flemington by Violet Jacob (1911)
Oooh, this is excellent! I very much see why Broster dedicated Flight of the Heron to Jacob, because she must have been inspired by this book. However, the characters are quite different even if the basic theme is the same (tragic romance between two men on opposite sides of the '45). I enjoyed it more thangaronne did, I think (her review is here), though I do agree with a lot of her points. It's definitely a lost opportunity that Archie Flemington and James Logie meet so few times, although they continue to be very important to each other to the end. It would not have been difficult to have them meet at least once more, either.
But Garonne, you didn't say that there was also a second slashy pairing in it! Flemington and Captain Callandar also definitely have chemistry, and those last words to each other, wow. There really ought to exist at least one Flemington/Logie fic, and one Flemington/Callandar fic in the world. Will request it for next Yuletide. And I can see myself recording the book for Librivox eventually--there's a bit of Scots dialogue, but not that much, and I could get help with it.
I find it hilarious that the Duke of Cumberland is actually even more of a dick in this book than he is in FotH! I think it's the misogyny.
regshoe's, but alas, you must make do with this instead...definitely looking forward to her review of this book, though, when she gets around to reading it! And hyarrowen, you should read it as well. : )Flemington by Violet Jacob (1911)
Oooh, this is excellent! I very much see why Broster dedicated Flight of the Heron to Jacob, because she must have been inspired by this book. However, the characters are quite different even if the basic theme is the same (tragic romance between two men on opposite sides of the '45). I enjoyed it more than
garonne did, I think (her review is here), though I do agree with a lot of her points. It's definitely a lost opportunity that Archie Flemington and James Logie meet so few times, although they continue to be very important to each other to the end. It would not have been difficult to have them meet at least once more, either. But Garonne, you didn't say that there was also a second slashy pairing in it! Flemington and Captain Callandar also definitely have chemistry, and those last words to each other, wow. There really ought to exist at least one Flemington/Logie fic, and one Flemington/Callandar fic in the world. Will request it for next Yuletide. And I can see myself recording the book for Librivox eventually--there's a bit of Scots dialogue, but not that much, and I could get help with it.
I find it hilarious that the Duke of Cumberland is actually even more of a dick in this book than he is in FotH! I think it's the misogyny.
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Date: 2020-07-09 05:41 pm (UTC)Well, if you read it just after FotH, I can understand why it didn't quite compare. I mean, it's a hard act to follow. : )
I'm thinking probably I'll give it a second chance some day.
I guess you could wait until I record it. : ) In fact it's possible that I might do that this fall, since I can't legally tackle Broster's books until next year...and it would only be about eight hours. Ha ha, it's hilarious that I now think that isn't very long, because I'm on such a recording spree.