Nostalgistudio

(19) Chapter I0.

At the end of Volume 1, the war in Greece returns one character to Windsor, and takes two more away.

Travelogue and tears attend the hero’s welcome awaiting Lord Raymond, still a prisoner of war as Volume 2 begins.

Bird calls and burial mounds mark a long-lost major character’s return to the story.

With total victory at hand, Lord Raymond’s morale only deteriorates beneath the weight of Evadne’s curse.

Lord Raymond’s ambition attains catastrophic proportions. Lionel finally visits Istanbul’s Old City.

Bearing away a cherished corpse found in the wreckage, the survivors of the siege of Istanbul journey back to Greece.

Raymond’s tomb proves too strong an attraction for his widow. Lionel flies again. Philadelphia sends plague.

“I pause to recollect myself; and smother the contempt I feel rising for your rhetorical flourishes and infantine sensibility.”

Dire news from Greece and reports of celestial anomalies reach Lionel back home at Windsor–where he and Idris become proud school parents.

Britain’s new Lord Protector struggles to fit his agenda to the moment.