Oh, and there was something about Simon and Neil Cottons' father having two elder brothers who were killed in the war, and then another brother killed in a car crash with his son "about twelve years ago." When I first read I Capture the Castle at age twelve or so I would have assumed that was World War II, and that "post-war" literature meant 1940s-1950s. But I don't think I noticed the actual publication date. Later I guess I realized it must be WWI, but the chronology can work either way depending on when Simon and Neil were born.
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Date: 2023-05-27 10:28 pm (UTC)