The Sally Lockhart Series by Philip Pullman
Read it for The British Books Challenge
These posts let me ramble on about books I've never going to have time to reread but ones I want to tell you all about because I love them.
If I dare to say it I think I loved Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart series more than His Dark Materials. They appea to the historian in me as you get a real sense of the world in which Sally lives in whilst reading them. I loved finding out more about the world of Victorian England and found myself immersed in Sally's day to day life.
What I particularly love about these books is how brilliant Sally is as a character. She is so fesity in a world in which she is expected to be meek and mild. Whilst I loved the whole series for me the third book is where she really comes into her own. I loved seeing how she dealt with seemily impossible situations when all of the odds were stacked against her.
The fourth book is more of a spin off than anything else but again it appealed to the history geek inside of me set in 19th century (almost) Germany. Having spent many a year studying the political ins and outs of that era I loved the little micro history you got through it.
All in all a series which is well worth a look. Even the TV series with Billie Piper was pretty good (despite the questionable casting in places)
Books 1 Ruby in the Smoke
Book 2 Shadow in the North
Book 3 Tiger in the Well
Book 4 The Tin princess
Read it for The British Books Challenge
These posts let me ramble on about books I've never going to have time to reread but ones I want to tell you all about because I love them.
If I dare to say it I think I loved Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart series more than His Dark Materials. They appea to the historian in me as you get a real sense of the world in which Sally lives in whilst reading them. I loved finding out more about the world of Victorian England and found myself immersed in Sally's day to day life.
What I particularly love about these books is how brilliant Sally is as a character. She is so fesity in a world in which she is expected to be meek and mild. Whilst I loved the whole series for me the third book is where she really comes into her own. I loved seeing how she dealt with seemily impossible situations when all of the odds were stacked against her.
The fourth book is more of a spin off than anything else but again it appealed to the history geek inside of me set in 19th century (almost) Germany. Having spent many a year studying the political ins and outs of that era I loved the little micro history you got through it.
All in all a series which is well worth a look. Even the TV series with Billie Piper was pretty good (despite the questionable casting in places)
Books 1 Ruby in the Smoke
Book 2 Shadow in the North
Book 3 Tiger in the Well
Book 4 The Tin princess
Comments
If I ever get time I might have to check these out :)