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This Deceitful Light
by Jemahl Evans
a finely balanced historical novel
The horrors of the English Civil war are neatly balanced with humour as Evans’ grumbling hero Blandford Candy gives us a second volume of his memoirs. Candy is an excellent hero, witty, vain, foul mouthed and brave. He is also a survivor. He fights for Parliament and his brother for the King, as happened so often, and the tragedy of this is brought out.
Evans’ ingenious use of contemporary popular sources gives the narrative variety and that authentic ring. But for me the delight of the series is the colour of Candy’s language.
The horrors of the English Civil war are neatly balanced with humour as Evans’ grumbling hero Blandford Candy gives us a second volume of his memoirs. Candy is an excellent hero, witty, vain, foul mouthed and brave. He is also a survivor. He fights for Parliament and his brother for the King, as happened so often, and the tragedy of this is brought out.
Evans’ ingenious use of contemporary popular sources gives the narrative variety and that authentic ring. But for me the delight of the series is the colour of Candy’s language.