Christa Broderik's followers attack the mercenaries in the streets of Starfall while the guerilla army led by Adzel and Chee Lan enters the city and moves to take Pilgrim Hill. It can be a rewarding experience when groups usually opposed unite for a common purpose. When Nazi-inspired parties stand for election, some of us stop campaigning for a particular candidate and instead distribute leaflets with the messages: (i) if you weren't going to vote, do; (ii) if you were going to vote BNP/NF etc, don't. I have distributed such leaflets together with members of the Labour, Conservative etc Parties and would presumably fight alongside them if Britain were invaded although let's not have that experience. (There is a program on TV right now about the Norman Conquest.)
The trader team is almost reunited because Adzel and Chee Lan are joined by Colonel John Falkayn, unkempt, grimy, gaunt, roughly clad, his insigne of rank sewn to a blue arm band, the only time we see this character, just as his and David's mother, Athena, appears only once, in this novel.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Mentioning the Norman Conquest brought to mind reflections that the new regime est. by William I had become so firmly rooted by the time his son Henry I died in 1135 that it had become accepted as legitimate. After all, despite the civil war caused by the disputed succession between King Stephen and Henry's daughter Matilda, there was no attempt at overthrowing the Norman regime.
Happy New Year! Sean
Incidentally, a study a few years ago found that in Britain people with actual "Norman" names (lineal descendants of the conquerors) -still- on average own more property, have more education and collect higher incomes than people with Anglo-Saxon names.
That's 956 years later... 8-).
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I would put that down to luck, some hard work, pragmatic marriages, and switching from losing to winning sides at just the right moment.
Ad astra! Sean
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