Troy Chimneys
Ratings1
Average rating5
15
Ratings1
Average rating5
A Victorian gentleman is forced by illness to entertain himself with the family archive, and he uncovers the Regency-era correspondence and diaries of one Miles Lufton, MP - apparently a black sheep of the family, connected with a scandal long buried. But through the pieced-together artefacts from the past, a fuller picture emerges of a man torn between two personalities - Miles, serious, studious and penniless, and 'Pronto', flirt, political mover and eternal 'extra man'. Miles longs to dispose of his disreputable alter ego, but that way lies calamity...
Reviews with the most likes.
Holy cow, this was so good. It took me a minute to get the hang of the format and Miles/Pronto, but once I got settled it just read so quick and well. The characters are all so well drawn; everyone felt real but also felt like they were being written down by Miles (or some third person in him). Edmee and William and Caroline. Ludovic. Miles himself. I loved this.
I recently read The Feast, which was my first Kennedy, and knew I needed to read more and I'm so glad to have read this. I'll definitely have to pick up The Constant Nymph soon.
