{"id":22077,"date":"2023-06-13T19:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T23:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22077"},"modified":"2024-01-21T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T15:45:42","slug":"the-grand-tour-or-the-purloined-coronation-regalia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22077","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Tour: Or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Grand Tour: Or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia<\/a><\/em> (2004) Patricia C. Wrede<\/a> & Caroline Stevermer<\/a> (Cecelia and Kate)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in Europe in 1817.<\/p>\n

The weakness of this story is that I don’t believe the Cecy’s narrative as being “written testimony”. There was just too much personal stuff that seemed unlikely to have been put into such testimony.<\/p>\n

Ask C. to check Uncle\u2019s handwriting before I write home with description. He would be upset if I got name wrong and Minerva Anthrax seems most unlikely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The roads in France are far worse than those in England. I suppose it was only to be expected in a country that had been at war so recently, and for so long,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cJames,\u201d I said, \u201cjust how many times have you been shot?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThat has nothing to do with the matter!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cVery well, if you insist on being mulish, I shall ask Thomas.\u201d <\/p>\n

James glared at me. I returned my sweetest smile, and made as if to rise from the chair. <\/p>\n

\u201cFour,\u201d he growled. <\/p>\n

\u201cCounting this one?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAll right, five. But three of them were in battles.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Open Road Media<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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