Elfin Hornblower! Oh my. I really have seen it all now! These are incredible. I can't even begin to imagine what's going on in that final cover. Well I can, but that's best left for fanfic unsaid... ;)
You really do have a talent for finding these extraordinary covers! Please, please, please will you post these to following_sea? *grin*
Once upon a time I was hoping to find the cover with the portrait of Archie. When I read the book my Forester at last, I was very, very disappointed. ;)
Recently, one of the Russian fans of "Hornblower" argued with me about the Archie. She asked why I think that he is Scottish. I replied that Kennedy is a Scottish surname. But she said this is not enough to make such conclusions. Maybe he's just the namesake of the Kennedy clan. She kept on asking if where in the series has at least something about the fact that he is Scottish or that he's from the Kennedy clan?
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to you my dear. Let me see if I can persuade your fellow fan of Archie's Scottish ancestry. Clearly the name Kennedy is Scottish, but so is the name Archibald. Indeed Archibald is the traditional name of the chief of Clan Kennedy. (See this post for the historic Archie Kennedys) Anyone with the name Archie Kennedy certainly has to be of Scottish descent at the very least.
Also in the series Archie refers to "...my father's ghillie..." in the scene where he is guiding Horatio through Justinian for the first time. A ghillie is a retainer who works on a fishing estate and, while the term is found in England, it's more common in Scotland. Also the word ghillie is from the Gaelic word gille meaning boy. This also points to Scottish origins for Archie
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Thanks!:) Yes, it's far more imposing.I know that Kennedy is a Scottish name. But I would not have noticed anything special in the Word "ghillie".
But Midshipman Kennedy is episodic character of the book. And he not bears the name "Archie". The 11th Early of Ailsa is so popular in America that even such a hint could be of interest to americans?
You really do have a talent for finding these extraordinary covers! Please, please, please will you post these to following_sea? *grin*
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Once upon a time I was hoping to find the cover with the portrait of Archie. When I read the book my Forester at last, I was very, very disappointed. ;)
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How do you feel about this problem? :)
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Also in the series Archie refers to "...my father's ghillie..." in the scene where he is guiding Horatio through Justinian for the first time. A ghillie is a retainer who works on a fishing estate and, while the term is found in England, it's more common in Scotland. Also the word ghillie is from the Gaelic word gille meaning boy. This also points to Scottish origins for Archie ( ... )
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But Midshipman Kennedy is episodic character of the book. And he not bears the name "Archie". The 11th Early of Ailsa is so popular in America that even such a hint could be of interest to americans?
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