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Before I get into some special doors, I have an announcement. There will be no Thursday Doors next week. I’ll put a post here, for those people who can’t go a week without a door, but I won’t be here.
I received my copy of The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers: A Cornelis Drebbel Adventure last week. I rode the Road Locomotive past the halfway point of the book on Tuesday. If you’re a regular reader here, you know how much I love Teagan Geneviene’s books, and you know that I’ve featured doors to highlight her books in the past. What’s up with that (I heard some ask).
Teagan has more than mastered the art of description. As I read her stories, I don’t just understand the scene she presents, I feel like I’ve been drawn into that scene. Of course, I substitute images from my past for those being painted in my mind. OK, enough about me, let’s join Cornelis Drebbel, Felicity Deringer and Miss Copper Hixon, and see some doors. Some of hese are older photos, but I’ve revised the captions for this occasion.
Very early in the book, Felicity mentions a hatbox, high on a shelf. I knew exactly what photo to look for because I think Teagan shared it in the serial version of this story. I won’t spoil the story by revealing the contents. Remember that you can click on any photo in the little galleries to get larger views.
Two buildings are mentioned early on, an abandoned carriage house and a grist mill. Both of these were familiar to me.
Our trio roll along on a Road Locomotive. Teagan included a fantastic image of the loco in her introductory post, but for me, I was on one of the many steam powered vehicles I’ve seen.
Our trio find themselves in an abandoned and damaged building at one point. Perhaps it was a church. Several of my photos came to mind as I read this section
I think Maureen would agree with the suggestion by on of the characters that we “take our dessert onto the terrace.”
In an outbuilding near this terrace, our trio (and a few others) encounter a mangle (a wringer). Again, my mind brought me to the image below.
Very close to the point where I last stopped reading, our band on the run stumble upon an old fort. I knew exactly where that was in my memory.
I stopped reading for the night just as Cornelis Drebbel is about to show us his most famous invention. My submarines are nothing like his, but…
I hope you’ve enjoyed my tour of Teagan’s latest novel. If you’d like to get a copy for yourself, it’s available on Amazon, in Kindle and paperback.
I’ve gone on a bit today, but I hope you will also visit some of the other participants in the Thursday Doors Challenge. Links to their posts are in the comments and will be listed in the Sunday Recap. As I’m trying to get you to buy Teagan’s book, I’ll spare you my usual attempt to market my own books.
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