Review: love & tragedy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2012
Brian Andrews's companion novella to his full-length novelThe Calypso Directive: A Novelis about the events that transpired in the English countryside during the mid-17th century.George Vicars, a tailor, ordered cloth from London and once he unwrapped it, he accidentally released into his surroundings the infested fleas it harbored within its folds. the deadly Bubonic Plague has spread into the quiet village of Eyam in Derbyshire and the unfortunate George Vicars becomes its first victim. against this factual scenario, the author weaves a fictional story of love and tragedy.the only concern i had was that the author used certain words that were not in use during the period referred to in the narrative which was from August 1665 to August 1672.i noticed the words "okay" and "hello." according to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, okay's first known use was in 1839 while hello's frist known use was in 1877. the writer also used "kids" to refer to children but this was all right. upon checking, i learned that "kid" was already used in the 13th century.still, i enjoyed the book. the story was interesting and a quick read. in fact, my curiosity was piqued enough that i look forward to readingThe Calypso Directive: A Novelwhich features one of George Vicars's descendants.