![]() ![]() Unfortunately, since the death of his wife, Mr. To this end, Alistair travels to Derbyshire to plead their case with the largest landowner in the area, Mr. Alistair’s solution is to join his best friend Lord Gordmor in a business venture, the building of a canal in Derbyshire. I loved the list of Episodes of Stupidity with which his father confronts him, prior to delivering the ultimatum that Alistair must find a way to cease draining his parents financially or his younger brothers will suffer for it. (Love doesn’t exist, my parents didn’t marry for love, all women are conniving mercenaries, bla bla bla.) He’s more of a head ache for his parents, who have had to bail him out of numerous disasters, financial and amorous. ![]() Even better, he isn’t famous for millions of affairs as part of a marriage hating complex. ![]() He doesn't use his war wounds as an opportunity to brood and rage all over the place. The thing I liked best about Alistair was how self-effacing he was. The former he thinks is undeserved and the latter is a noticeable limp of which he is ashamed. He’s very uncomfortable with his fame as a hero and the wounds he earned at Waterloo. Show More incongruous mix of being both a dandy and scarred war hero. ![]()
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