The War Romance was the fourth short story in the Lethbridge-Stewart series anthology Lineage.
Plot[]
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Characters[]
- Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Mary Lethbridge-Stewart
- Raymond Phillips
- Graham Ingleton
- Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Worldbuilding[]
- Alistair reads The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Alistair dreams of his father, Wing Commander Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart.
- Gordon flies a Halifax.
- Alistair lives with his mother at Redrose Cottage.
- Alistair mentions reuniting with the other Bledoe Cadets, including Jemima, Henry, Terry and Nobby.
- Mary mentions her "Grandpa Gore".
- Mary recalls a surprise birthday dinner with Gordon at The Scott Arms in Kingston and chasing children across Pentire Head.
Notes[]
- This story had the working title of "Paperman."[1]
Continuity[]
- Alistair notices the barn at Puckator Farm, which had previously appeared in PROSE: The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen as a meeting place for the Bledoe Cadets, who is still away on duty.
- Also referencing The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen, Mary recalls reading Gulliver's Travels to Alistair.
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