Flight of the Heron read-along: Part II chapters 1-2

[regshoe]

Charlie is my darling, the Young Chevalier...

Flight of the Heron (under the title The Jacobite Trilogy) is doing very well in Yuletide sign-ups—3 requests and 4 offers at present :D

Next week we'll read the second half of Part II, chapters 3 and 4.

Comments

[cahn]

Eeeee these chapters were great, ramping up the conflict! I enjoyed seeing the other side to BPC after all the Jacobites have been building him up as The Most Awesome Guy Ever, and that Ewen is seeing it as well. But poor Ewen! trying to be sensible and cautious and everyone else just mowing right over him!

And also that cliffhanger, aaaaa! I promised myself I couldn't read further until I posted on these chapters :D

[regshoe]

Broster's attitude to the historical view of the Jacobites, and the French Royalists in her other books, is interesting—certainly she does take the romantic view of things a lot, but she is also very much capable of criticising the major figures at the centre of events.

I hope you enjoy the next chapter :D

[luzula]

So glad you're enjoying the book! : D