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The Black Box
Published originally in serial form, W. Bourne Cooke's "The Black Box" tells the story of the Monmouth Rebellion, an attempt to overthrow James II, the Duke of York who had become King of England, Scotland, and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II.
"The Black Box" is historical fiction at its best.
"The Black Box" is historical fiction at its best.
167 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2016
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April 21, 2021
Seemed quite a short novel set in Lyme Regis, Dorset during the Monmouth Rebellion 1685, first published in 1915. There is some offensive racial stereotyping during the dialogue .
Without delivering a spoiler, quite interesting to see how the author seemed totally unimpressed by the Duke of Monmouth himself, who comes over as a coward. Whilst his leading his associates are counted as having very dubious motives. And his followers are largely portrayed as buffoons. There is absolutely no sense of romantic rebellion. It has to be stressed that Judge Jeffreys fares no better, but the whole affair comes over as a pointless and futile waste of time and life. This seems to make the novel more interesting than it really should be. It is a reasonable adventure story but told from a different angle
Without delivering a spoiler, quite interesting to see how the author seemed totally unimpressed by the Duke of Monmouth himself, who comes over as a coward. Whilst his leading his associates are counted as having very dubious motives. And his followers are largely portrayed as buffoons. There is absolutely no sense of romantic rebellion. It has to be stressed that Judge Jeffreys fares no better, but the whole affair comes over as a pointless and futile waste of time and life. This seems to make the novel more interesting than it really should be. It is a reasonable adventure story but told from a different angle
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