A wonderful return to Elizabethian times. The historical details are great and the love between them priceless.
Poignant - Peter Burke was, on occasion, given to contemplation of what might have been, and there were moments when he’d wondered what would have become of his life if he hadn’t rescued Neal from the Fleet. Neal would have rotten in prison, his debt never paid – that was for certain – but his own life would surely have taken a different path. No high honors, no peerage or gratitude from Her Majesty. Likely as not, his life would have ended years ago, in some dank London alleyway, trying and failing to execute some commission for Walsingham.- Peter realizing how much rescuing Neal saved both of them.
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Date: 2014-12-18 05:32 pm (UTC)Poignant - Peter Burke was, on occasion, given to contemplation of what might have been, and there were moments when he’d wondered what would have become of his life if he hadn’t rescued Neal from the Fleet. Neal would have rotten in prison, his debt never paid – that was for certain – but his own life would surely have taken a different path. No high honors, no peerage or gratitude from Her Majesty. Likely as not, his life would have ended years ago, in some dank London alleyway, trying and failing to execute some commission for Walsingham.- Peter realizing how much rescuing Neal saved both of them.