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Stacey asked this question about Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2):
God's teeth! Isn't anyone else bothered by how the inhabitants of London speak modern English? I mean sure, it's maybe a wee bit more formal than Diana's, but otherwise quite obviously not Elizabethan English. (Does Harkness not think we can handle it?)
Irene Creveling I am personally grateful she used modern English. This is fiction and i just wanted to enjoy the book and not get brain aneurism in the process. Eliza…moreI am personally grateful she used modern English. This is fiction and i just wanted to enjoy the book and not get brain aneurism in the process. Elizabethan England didn't have dragons either, so what’s your point? (less)
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Shadow of Night
by Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
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