Posted by Sandy on October 10, 2000 at 23:42:08:
In Reply to: Okay, is this the little stow away in TO THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS??? posted by Nandakumar Chandran on October 10, 2000 at 04:29:40:
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Thank you for the info that the subplot is not completed. I am almost finished with Fair Blows the Wind, and have been waiting for the pieces to fall into place. Not only do a couple of characters know who the "real" Tatton Chantry is, but they are surprised that the hero would choose that name under which to hide, suggesting that the "real" Tatton Chantry was in trouble or unsavory in some way. I have been waiting to find out that story while I enjoy the current Tatton's adventures. It is disappointing that those questions will remain. I was very new to LL when I read "To The Far Blue Mountains", and didn't notice the reference to a stowaway named Tatton (just a vague memory of there being a stowaway at some point). However, in "Fair Blows the Wind", the dates given suggest that the story takes place in the 1580s and early 1590s. The dates for "Sackett's Land" and "Far Blue Mountains", at least for the sea voyages, were 1600+ (TTFBM ends around 1620 but the voyages started in 1600). At one point, early in "Wind", Tatton says he is 28 (he was on the American beach, ruminating at that time). Although I haven't finished the book, he has started his voyage on the Good Catherine, so I am assuming he was around 28 in the early 1590's. That would make him 40 or so if he were to stow away on a ship with Barnabas. What I do remember (vaguely) about the stowaway was that he was young. So could he have been this Tatton's son?
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