Flight of the Heron read-along: Prologue

[regshoe]

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Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.

Some notes:

A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.

My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.

We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.

Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...

Comments

[owl]

Maybe not Lochiel's marriage, but Ewen's aunt married to some of Lochiel's near relatives, or Ewen's grandmother being an aunt or great-aunt of Lochiel's? (with 'by marriage' meaning 'on the distaff side' here). They could be related in several different ways, given the limited size of the "dating pool" in the 17th and 18th century Highlands.

[luzula]

Yes...I suppose Ewen might have some other aunt, never mentioned, who is married to a relative of Lochiel's, or, as you say, it might be through his grandmother? If it's through his grandmother, that would be consistent with them being second cousins.