...So I would like to officially apologise to my younger self for not reading The Scarlet Pimpernel aged ten.

Back when I was in full-blown Treasure Island-Prisoner of Zenda-Kidnapped-Secret Garden-Count of Monte Cristo L-space, and could have given it the kind of unequivocal love it deserves, without going "oh, values dissonance" and "for the ( Read more... )