New MRBC The Red Cockade by Stanley Weyman (Discussion) - Page 2

Bookpossum · 01-04-2022, 07:56 PM

I do like the sexy lamp test!

I think the book is one to read for the excitement of the big set pieces - the château set on fire, which I thought was a ripper, and of course the events towards the end in Nîmes.

While it isn't great literature by any means, I think Weyman wrote well and he was clearly immersed in the history of France. (From memory, all his books are set in France, many in the times before the Revolution.)

It was a romantic view of time and place, rather than a grand romance in the "boy meets girl" sense.

fantasyfan · 01-06-2022, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

I do like the sexy lamp test!

I think the book is one to read for the excitement of the big set pieces - the château set on fire, which I thought was a ripper, and of course the events towards the end in Nîmes.

While it isn't great literature by any means, I think Weyman wrote well and he was clearly immersed in the history of France. (From memory, all his books are set in France, many in the times before the Revolution.)

It was a romantic view of time and place, rather than a grand romance in the "boy meets girl" sense.

My feeling is that Revolutionary France itself is almost as much a character in the book as those who people its world.

pdurrant · 01-06-2022, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by fantasyfan

My feeling is that Revolutionary France itself is almost as much a character in the book as those who people its world.

Very much so. As for much historical fiction.

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Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,138 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I do like the sexy lamp test! I think the book is one to read for the excitement of the big set pieces - the château set on fire, which I thought was a ripper, and of course the events towards the end in Nîmes. While it isn't great literature by any means, I think Weyman wrote well and he was clearly immersed in the history of France. (From memory, all his books are set in France, many in the times before the Revolution.) It was a romantic view of time and place, rather than a grand romance in the "boy meets girl" sense.