![]() ![]() I have friends at work and here on GR who absolutely hate this narrator, and I can't understand why. However, the narrator, David Case, was great. A bastard in London (named Walter), meets his biological father, inherits money and goes on a quest.Įven though this is adventurous as Walter travels the world, this still moved very slow. Within the first few minutes of listening to the audio there was a line that was something to the effect of, "A man isn't a man unless he has 6 bastards in the world." I literally laughed out loud and buckled in. I liked this one way more than I expected to after only picking this up for a reading challenge. Even This is Historical Fiction first published in 1945. A bastard in London (named Walter), meets his biological father, inherits money and goes on a quest. ![]() This is Historical Fiction first published in 1945. Constain's greatest novel ever written and I would whole heartedly reccomend this book to anyone who loves a good adventure story.more Not only is it incredibly well written but it has the magical power of a great book, which is the power to stay in the readers imagination forever. I read this story when I was 14 years old and have never forgotten what a fabulous tale it is. The main character of this story travels from the old world of Great Britain, where he is mocked and labeled a bastard son of a wealthy and titled Lord, to the magical and mystical far east, where he is able to earn his worth as a man and experience the strange and unfamiliar ways of lands not even mapped out yet. The main character of this story travels from the old world of Great Britain, where he is mocked and labeled a bastard son of a wealthy and titled Lord, to the magical and mystical far east, where he is able to earn his worth as a man and experience the strange and unfamiliar ways of lands not even mapp Take a deep dive into the heart of centuries old Great Britain, where your name and lineage are a matter of the deepest importance and there is no middle faction between the wealthy and the poor. Take a deep dive into the heart of centuries old Great Britain, where your name and lineage are a matter of the deepest importance and there is no middle faction between the wealthy and the poor. And the cone bras-don't get me started!Īnyway, this book is very dated. Those page boy haircuts, Peter Pan collars, and Dior inspired skirts on every female-regardless of the era they're really supposed to portray. That's kind of why I love movies from the 1950's. You know what I mean-anachronisms everywhere you turn. London." It seemed so impossibly romantic to me. And I cried every time I came to the part where Maryam is crying out: "Walter. I read every book by Thomas Costain that I could get my hands on. After I graduated, well let's just say I graduated. When I was in high school I picked the former. When I was young, there were two choices for young girls in historical fiction: books written in the 1950's and bodice rippers. ![]()
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