First Letter The Elms, Wickshire, Cumbria 23 December 1014 My dearest cousin Armand, I have had a triumph this week! No, the carriage is not yet ready; or, rather, it is ready but the team is not. It seems that horses truly are scarce in Wickshire, or at least horses of the appropriate sort for … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Miss Willoughby (24 February 37 AF)
Month: September 2020
Comedy and Siegecraft
Author K. J. Parker (also known as Tom Holt) has two books out about a siege of a thinly disguised fantasy Constantinople. The Robur Empire is made of up of two kinds of people: the Robur, and everyone else. But most of the residents of the Empire are "everyone else", and most of the folks … Continue reading Comedy and Siegecraft
Letters from Armorica- Tea with the Grimsbys (17 February 37 AF)
First Letter The Elms, Wickshire, Cumbria 16 December 1014 My dearest cousin Armand, Today I once again attained the peak of the social whirl here in Wickshire, at least I have so far experienced it: I attended tea at the Grimsbys. No, perhaps that is too hard of me. The true peak is tea with … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Tea with the Grimsbys (17 February 37 AF)
Letters from Armorica- Grumbling (12 February 37 AF)
First Letter Dear Jack, It has been three weeks since I wrote you about the troubles between the town and the garrison; and if the situation has grown no worse, it is only because the snow is too deep for any group to gather in large numbers at Le Cochon's Head. Those few soldiers and … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Grumbling (12 February 37 AF)
Letters from Armorica- The Elms (9 February 37 AF)
First Letter The Elms, Wickshire, Cumbria 9 December 1014 My dearest cousin Armand, Yes it is I, again. I fear you are to be stuck with me, at least so long as my sojourn here in Wickshire extends. But I shall endeavour, as in good faith, to make my wailings and lamentations as diverting for … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- The Elms (9 February 37 AF)
