AS everyone else said, starting with The Thuggery Affair is bad luck, as its impenetrable slang has dated it far more than any element of any of the other books. I would have another go. Maybe begin with Falconer's Lure, set immediately after the first year the twins spent at Kingscote - which has them moving from London to Trennels, with lots of Patrick, the very interesting Peter, and animals. Peter's Room is probably my favourite, and both the Elizabethan novels (really one novel broken in two for publication purposes) are excellent - essentially, imagine Nicola as an Elizabethan boy, moving from grammar school youth to playing Shakespeare's heroines. AF's characterisation of Shakespeare in particular is wonderful.
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Date: 2007-10-08 11:34 am (UTC)