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Mike

mikerspencer@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 9 months ago

Recovering academic based in Scotland. Enjoys crime fiction, period classics and adventure.

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It took me a while, but I got there! Lots of fun, but tinged with sadness at the racism of the time. That aside, I loved the window into the past.

finished reading Scarlet Pimpernel, The by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy (Scarlet Pimpernel (1))

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy: Scarlet Pimpernel, The (Hardcover, IndyPublish)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set …

Some good bits in the first third. But far too much aristocrat brown nosing, sycophants, misogynism and antisemitism to recommend. Quite uncomfortable reading, even allowing for what was 'acceptable' at the time. Birth of the superhero it might be, good writing it is not.