Wow! Thai princess! Did Alisdair (... I was not expecting that to be a female name, but it's Great Britain, so...) never suspect that she was Different from Other Girls? I mean, Thai Princess is not an average look on the Highlands, I wouldn't have thought.
We had a picture book showing types of horses, when I was a kid, and I remember seeing the Lippizaners. Am I right in remembering they start out dark-colored and get white as they grow up?
Regarding effortlessly or not-so-effortlessly inducing you to want to visit Austria, are you able to dissect what makes the Mary Stewart book produce that feeling more than the Serle book does? I suppose different details would do it for different readers, but can you identify what produces that effect in you? ... I 'm trying to think, for myself, but I'm having a hard time with cause and effect.
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Date: 2022-05-25 01:43 pm (UTC)We had a picture book showing types of horses, when I was a kid, and I remember seeing the Lippizaners. Am I right in remembering they start out dark-colored and get white as they grow up?
Regarding effortlessly or not-so-effortlessly inducing you to want to visit Austria, are you able to dissect what makes the Mary Stewart book produce that feeling more than the Serle book does? I suppose different details would do it for different readers, but can you identify what produces that effect in you? ... I 'm trying to think, for myself, but I'm having a hard time with cause and effect.