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FROM: [removed]@unforgettablebooks.com
REC'D: 1/29/04, 4:45 PM

Hello,
Trying to track down a novel for myself. Read it
when new (in the early to mid-nineties?)when my
tracking of titles read was spotty. Here are the clues:
Set in England at the time of the Chartist Movement
("Chartism"/agrarian reform?) Subject search at
my local system didn't pull anything up, but
maybe no copies are now owned by system.
Main characters were two sets of male/female couples
(one couple aristocratic/one less so?) involved
in this 'treasonous to upper classes' movement
Cover of the long, thick,chunky novel was from a
print or engraving from the time....1830-ish?
Title was a combo of two quite common nouns along
the lines of DUTY AND HONOR, TRUTH AND DUTY, X
AND X. A variety of keyword searches didn't
pull it up at Seattle Public for me.
ODDEST THING ABOUT THE BOOK. I remember being
infuriated that book would never find its true
audience (historical fiction lovers) as it was
shelved in SCIENCE FICTION, because it was
'fantasy'. Hah! The ONLY trace of anything
otherworldly was
one of the female characters going off once in
a while to light a candle and a few herbs, and as
I recall, these actions had no effect on the plot.
It seemed an insane bit of cataloging to me.
Does this ring a bell? TIA
Gayle Richardson
[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/29/04, 4:51 PM

FREEDOM AND NECESSITY by (famous sf/f writers) Steve Brust and
Emma Bull.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

At 02:43 PM 1/29/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello,
> Trying to track down a novel for myself. Read it
>when new (in the early to mid-nineties?)when my
>tracking of titles read was spotty. Here are the clues:
> Set in England at the time of the Chartist Movement
> ("Chartism"/agrarian reform?) Subject search at
> my local system didn't pull anything up, but
> maybe no copies are now owned by system.
> Main characters were two sets of male/female couples
> (one couple aristocratic/one less so?) involved
> in this 'treasonous to upper classes' movement
> Cover of the long, thick,chunky novel was from a
> print or engraving from the time....1830-ish?
> Title was a combo of two quite common nouns along
> the lines of DUTY AND HONOR, TRUTH AND DUTY, X
> AND X. A variety of keyword searches didn't
> pull it up at Seattle Public for me.
> ODDEST THING ABOUT THE BOOK. I remember being
> infuriated that book would never find its true
> audience (historical fiction lovers) as it was
> shelved in SCIENCE FICTION, because it was
> 'fantasy'. Hah! The ONLY trace of anything
>otherworldly was
> one of the female characters going off once in
> a while to light a candle and a few herbs, and as
> I recall, these actions had no effect on the plot.
> It seemed an insane bit of cataloging to me.
>Does this ring a bell? TIA
>Gayle Richardson
[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com
>
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