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| I don't believe in ghosts by DADGAD | 3 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/2/2008 |
| Ah, so he gets a word in, too, does he? I'll have to check out that way if I ever get back to Britain again. It's been a long time since I was in Scotland last. | |
| Tanaqui | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/29/2008 |
| What a great story! I loved how you wove together the "real" and the "ghostly", and the speculation about where all those traditional ballads might have come from. Very nicely done - thanks for sharing. Author Reply: Thanks for the review! :) I've had the 'ghost' of the idea in mind for ages now, and used it as a story, but it was good to get it down in text finally. | |
| robnrun | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/29/2008 |
| Fun! If only because I know that area so well, and since the Sinclair family, their Orkney connections and southeast political network in the 1300-1480s was the focus of my Masters and Doctorate at Edinburgh. Sadly, for the Dan Brown fanatics, there is absolutly no evidence prior to the mid-1500s of any Templar/Free Mason connections. Although, one Sinclair does go on Crusade (the disastrous 1330s one headed by the Douglases that ends in Spain) and they do own the Pentland Hills (including Temple), but that was a standard crown grant. But the area is old, and there is a lot of history sleeping there. I know the feeling you describe, especially around All Hallows/Samhain. Maybe the weather, maybe our mental baggage, maybe something else? Author Reply: Robnrun What a fascinating subject to do a PhD in! (I studied rather more prosaic science, as the story probably makes clear). You're right though, you don't need Dan Brown to make the area interesting. What was the guy who built the Dryden Tower thinking? And did Tolkien ever see it I wonder? Anyone Daeron seems to like it, although I haven't seen him at Penecuik Folk Club yet..... | |