Re: Buchan’s Witch Wood
Posted by:
Cathbad (IP Logged)
Date: 26 October, 2020 05:16AM
I’ve reached the part where David comes upon a scene of pagan revelry, confronts the revellers and is attacked - only to wake up back in his own bed. I actually find the historical context more interesting tbh. I could check out the background (The Kirk, ’Montrose the Malignancy’ etc) on wiki but want to hear Buchan’s perspective on it first.
Funnily enough, I began reading an historical novel by a largely forgotten Irish author - ‘Seek the Fair Land’ by Walter Macken - a few weeks ago, which was not only set during the same period, but had much the same strengths and weaknesses, despite being written a lot later: a good grounding in history, and a lot of incidental details, but with pretty broad characterisation. I suspect this was typical of the genre, and that one was necessary to complement the other? (ie, if your characters are types, you need to compensate with a solid sense of period).
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 26 Oct 20 | 05:32AM by Cathbad.