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These episodic "experiences" of a Royal Magistrate (R.M.) to Ireland around the turn of the century each contain at least one delightfully laugh-out-loud moment, whether it involves hairpins, goat milk, or a ghostly cockatoo. The male narrator, Major Yeates, self-professed coward and put-upon magistrate, is very well-realized by his female author(s). Meanwhile, the female characters are noticeably stronger and feistier than their male narrator counterpart. However, the fox hunting sections just
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Dec 05, 2017
Kai Coates
marked it as to-read

Dec 25, 2008
Erika
marked it as to-read