Posted by Peter Ceresole on September 13, 2013 at 21:49:02 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Water and Empire: Examination Paper posted by Peter Hyland on September 13, 2013 at 12:34:46:
You guess wrong, Peter, if you are claiming that the Collingwoods were "pretty well off".
I did say 'I guess'. Getting Lanehead rent free was a tremendous gift from Emma Holt, and would have given them a pretty 'Blackett' life style. AR would have seen it close to.
I don't suppose that there would be a detailed template for the Blackett family. There's nothing strange or different about them, by English standards of the time. AR develops them really well as characters, which is why they come to life as they do.