Posted by Jock on September 16, 2008 at 22:03:14 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Riddle of The Sands- opinion posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on September 16, 2008 at 21:46:17:
The first chapter is almost impossible to get through, for a first time reader, today.
It's worth warning a potential reader that it will be hard work, but that it is an essential prelude.