Marcus Sedgwick
Freedom Is Nothing
Setting a fantasy novel in contemporary London is not a new idea; there have been several forays into this territory of late. Undaunted, Philip Womack ventures into the arena with The Liberators, and for my money he pulls it off.
Our hero, Ivo Moncrieff, goes to stay with his uncle and aunt for the Christmas holidays, but on the way he witnesses a brutal murder on the Tube; the victim is a man called Blackwood, who moments before had thrust a mysterious small object into Ivo's hands. This
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‘Even setting to one side the historically neuralgic relationship with ... Ireland, Britain’s insular periphery has from at least the time of the Romans presented difficulties for authorities wishing to centralise.’
Peter Marshall on Britain's islands.
Peter Marshall - Notes from the Atlantic Archipelago
Peter Marshall: Notes from the Atlantic Archipelago - The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice Albinia
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