Recently, I have read “The Lothian Run” by “Mollie Hunter,” a historical novel set in 1736. It has a well paced plot and an exciting main character. Sandy Maxwell is a lawyer in training in Edinburgh, who at the start of the book is wanting to leave his path to being a lawyer in exchange for something more exciting. One day, after a fight with the lawyer he is apprenticed to, an important looking man walks …showed first 75 words of 1317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1317 total…Je suis le valet du colonel” This makes him seem very real to the reader and he helps us to imagine what he is like as a character. Overall, I think that “The Lothian Run is a very enjoyable book. It is exciting and clever at the same time. My favourite character was Sandy because he was still learning throughout the book and my favourite incident was when Gilmour and Sandy visited the unpriestly priest.