How lovely that they're enjoying them - and that they still have the pleasure of all the others to go. I gave Autumn Term to my daughter when she was about 10/11 to try. She did read it (she said) but it was politely returned with a studied lack of comment, and she never asked to try any of the others!
I left autumn Term lying around for my daughter to find -can't remember how old she was -maybe 12 or 13? She loved it and read all the rest and I had to fight her for Spring Term when it appeared! One of her middle names is Nicola.
I read Autumn Term at 10 or 11 (I was named after Nicola so I had a special interest) and adored it (and my namesake). I went around saying "natch" and "trimmensely". :-) On balance I like the school books the best though I have a special place in my heart for The Marlows and the Traitor which I devoured next.
How lovely to be named after Nicola, I toyed with the idea for my own daughters but my husband would never have bought it, sadly. I always have a soft spot for Nicolas, though.
I don't think my father would have bought Lawrie for my sister (but then I had an uncle Lawrie), nor did my partner when I wanted to name a kitten Lawrie. She ended up being Ashley.
I think you're right and they are in Maidenhead in AT. But then they must have spent very little time back at Hampstead before moving to Trennels, and yet you get the feeling of them being very devoted to the house and neighbourhood
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Yes, I think they've only been back in the Hampstead house for half a term at the start of Falconer's. And it lost a wall in the War, so I guess most of the house remained intact. What intrigues me is that they only left when it was hit by a fly-bomb - doodle bug - which means they were in the Hampstead house until 1944. I guess this explains why Nicola is so fond of the house and London, as she would have lived there for most of her childhood including the War - but it does puzzle me even more that the twins were living in London through almost all of World War II. Surely most children - especially upper middle class children - would have been evacuated?
And, just for completeness, in Autumn Term Nicola sees Giles and runs down the drive to the gates to meet Giles; in Attic Term, Patrick walks up the black and white path to the front door. Clearly different houses. I would guess based on real houses.
I wonder about the Ramseys of Thursday Kidnapping - how close was their house to the Marlow/Merrick house? Did Ellen deliver papers to the Merricks?
Thanks all, I will look at AT when I have my copy to hand again. As others said, their devotion to Hampstead made me assume that's where they'd always been. I've never thought of the Marlows in Theresa-May territory but as always having a strict city/deep country split. Mea culpa.
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I gave Autumn Term to my daughter when she was about 10/11 to try. She did read it (she said) but it was politely returned with a studied lack of comment, and she never asked to try any of the others!
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Yes, I think they've only been back in the Hampstead house for half a term at the start of Falconer's. And it lost a wall in the War, so I guess most of the house remained intact. What intrigues me is that they only left when it was hit by a fly-bomb - doodle bug - which means they were in the Hampstead house until 1944. I guess this explains why Nicola is so fond of the house and London, as she would have lived there for most of her childhood including the War - but it does puzzle me even more that the twins were living in London through almost all of World War II. Surely most children - especially upper middle class children - would have been evacuated?
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I wonder about the Ramseys of Thursday Kidnapping - how close was their house to the Marlow/Merrick house? Did Ellen deliver papers to the Merricks?
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