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Sto caricando le informazioni... Katherine Christiandi Hugh Walpole
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is the second prequel novel the author penned to his Herries Chronicles, four novels set in the Lake District from the 18th century onwards. This prequel follows on more or less immediately from the enjoyable and dramatic narrative of The Bright Pavilions, with Nicholas Herries married late in life and with a young son Robert, at the beginning of the 17th century. Despite this, I did not enjoy it as much and I don't think really worked as a novel. There is a great deal of description of the lives and personalities of the various Herries family members and simply not enough plot and drama, despite the backdrop of the country sliding towards Civil War as some family members take up either the Royalist or Parliamentary side. Sadly the author died while writing this novel and the story ends ironically on a moment of high drama as Robert, who does not want to take sides, sees his house invaded by Parliamentary soldiers who see him as an enemy, as he had been knighted by the King. Had the author lived, the rest of the novel would very likely have lifted the story as a whole. But as it stands, despite being as well written, this is a much weaker story than its predecessor; I also found the title character rather implausible. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This novel is an unfinished addition to the Herries series. Hugh Walpole had become attached to the characters of the original four Herries Chronicles and revisited them in this book and its predecessor, The Bright Pavilions. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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