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Audio Guide Chapter 11 [2] Leith, London and St Malo
This chapter of the audio guide explores chapter 2 of the novel, Leith, London and St Malo.
This audio guide focuses on the initial period of transition and change for Robert Meldrum as he travels from Leith to London and then from London to St Malo with an unexpected detour to the Isle of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It then explores his journey from St Malo on the west coast of France to Marly on the outskirts of Paris.
This chapter of the audio guide leans towards literary rather than historical detail but the chapter in the novel does explore the following:
The dangers of sea travel in the early modern period.
Stuart London
Early Modern Jersey
Early Modern Taverns and Inns.
For more information about the historical detail behind this chapter see Season 1 of the podcast, especially the episodes on Stuart London and Early Modern France.
Don't forget to sign up to the La Garde Ecossaise Historical Fiction and Early Modern Studies Newsletter here:
La Garde Ecossaise Historical Fiction and Early Modern StudiesTo receive free feature length articles on early modern studies that tie in with the novel series.
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By Dr Kirsteen M MacKenzieThis chapter of the audio guide explores chapter 2 of the novel, Leith, London and St Malo.
This audio guide focuses on the initial period of transition and change for Robert Meldrum as he travels from Leith to London and then from London to St Malo with an unexpected detour to the Isle of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It then explores his journey from St Malo on the west coast of France to Marly on the outskirts of Paris.
This chapter of the audio guide leans towards literary rather than historical detail but the chapter in the novel does explore the following:
The dangers of sea travel in the early modern period.
Stuart London
Early Modern Jersey
Early Modern Taverns and Inns.
For more information about the historical detail behind this chapter see Season 1 of the podcast, especially the episodes on Stuart London and Early Modern France.
Don't forget to sign up to the La Garde Ecossaise Historical Fiction and Early Modern Studies Newsletter here:
La Garde Ecossaise Historical Fiction and Early Modern StudiesTo receive free feature length articles on early modern studies that tie in with the novel series.