Flight of the Heron read-along: Part I chapters 3-4

[regshoe]

I have just finished reading a Mary Renault novel and feel, predictably, absolutely awful about it. Time to distract myself with some Jacobites!

Next week we'll finish Part I with chapters 5 and 6.

Comments

[tei]

Ooh. That makes a lot more sense, if this was a kind of… regimented type of agreement! Also explains the modern usage of the word “parole,” I suppose.

[regshoe]

It's a very sensible arrangement, really—like, we both know how this whole 'keeping you prisoner' thing is going to go, so why not just skip all the fuss?

I suppose it being a regimented type of agreement, generally respected in wartime, probably plays into the thing where the Jacobites were being very careful to present themselves as legitimate wagers of war, on a level with recognised states, because to them Charles was the rightful king, while the Hanoverians saw them as rebels and therefore not legitimate 'real' enemies.