The Chessmen
Registered by over-the-moon of Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on 1/19/2022
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bought new from bookdepository to complete the trilogy
An exciting story with unexpected twists and turns and great descriptions of the landscape (I had to look on google earth - how brown it all is) and several strands that are neatly tied up at the end.
As it is not told in chronological order I was occasionally confused, especially as there are no chapter headings or dates to guide you; also I kept confusing the women Mairead and Marsaili (and another M for Fin's ex-wife Mona) when it keeps going between past and present.
A lot of the places mentioned are not shown on the map; the pronunciation of Gaelic names at the end is interesting and I'd have liked it at the beginning.
I learned a lot about the Lewis chessmen.
One of those coincidences: in my morning Guardian crossword one of the clues was "fourth estate", which I had never heard of but I worked out it was the press. That evening I opened my book at chapter 15 and there it was again: "The advance guard of the fourth estate has arrived, too."
As it is not told in chronological order I was occasionally confused, especially as there are no chapter headings or dates to guide you; also I kept confusing the women Mairead and Marsaili (and another M for Fin's ex-wife Mona) when it keeps going between past and present.
A lot of the places mentioned are not shown on the map; the pronunciation of Gaelic names at the end is interesting and I'd have liked it at the beginning.
I learned a lot about the Lewis chessmen.
One of those coincidences: in my morning Guardian crossword one of the clues was "fourth estate", which I had never heard of but I worked out it was the press. That evening I opened my book at chapter 15 and there it was again: "The advance guard of the fourth estate has arrived, too."
Journal Entry 3 by over-the-moon at Restaurant VaSano (ex-Vapiano) in Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on Monday, February 28, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (3/1/2022 UTC) at Restaurant VaSano (ex-Vapiano) in Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland
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For the meetup
Journal Entry 4 by over-the-moon at Boîte à livres - Église du Valentin in Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland on Thursday, October 6, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (10/6/2022 UTC) at Boîte à livres - Église du Valentin in Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland
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This did not get taken at the meetup and has been languishing on my bookshelf, so I will take it down to the Valentin book box this afternoon.