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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
3rd part of trilogy and doesn't stand alone,
By Andrew Forbes (andrew.forbes1@kvaerner.com) (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fire Down Below (Paperback)
Wonderful prose, beautifully observed character study, as WG slips into the skin of an extremely priggish and snobbish early twenties aristocrat as he comes of age and begins to understand a little more of the virtues of the ordinary people around him. Sea journeys of that era were long, tedious, largely uneventful and extremely uncomfortable. All 3 books in the trilogy carry this perfectly: the maritime atmosphere is conveyed as perfectly as the arrogant character of the narrator. However, the tedium of the journey also comes across in the virtually non-existent plot which makes the books drag on somewhat. It is probably, though, as brilliant description of the English class system at the start of the 19th century as you will read. I believe that the books in Trilogies should be able to stand alone, if they are to be sold separately, & on that basis, this trilogy definitely fails. I'm glad I read it as a single 750 page tome.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Fire Down Below (Paperback)
I returned this book because it is included in "To the Ends of the Earth".
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