Posted by andy bolger on May 01, 2004 at 11:15:01 from 213.122.240.36 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re: Thorstein of the Mere posted by Claire on May 01, 2004 at 05:34:12:
Your quote from T ot M illustrates a point that has intrigued me since I first visited Peel Island. I don't think anyone doing so would be disappointed with the place nor doubt that it had the spirit of Wildcat Island. All the details of AR's life point to this connection. Yet, it is not so much that Peel Island doesn't look like Wildcat Island but that AR's description of Wildcat Island doesn't fit with Peel Island. Where in SA, or any of the other books, are the "two ridges, the twin backbone of the island: for the rock on either hand is steep like a solid house wall for more than a man's height, and runs thus maybe two hundred feet,? These are such obvious features and make the island ideal for war and other adventures, so did AR ignore them or should I go back to the text?