I was not sure that Arcadia was going to be about. My eagerness to acquire it was due to the pleasure I had reading An Instance of the Fingerpost and Stone’s Fall. I ordered it on 10th November, 2015, which would indicate I was not aware of its publication in advance but quickly became aware of it and ordered it at the first opportunity. Maltby - 1960 copper, Special BranchĪrcadia was published here on 3rd September, 2015. Renata & Beltan - married couple from Cister (Anterwold)Īliena - singer, student of Rambert (Anterwold)Įmily Strang - Angela’s daughter (never have they met)

The Very Reverend Horace Williams - cleric and friend to Henry Pamarchen - former heir of Thenald, now leader of disaffected malcontents, suspected of murdering Thenald Lady Catherine - Mistress of an independent domain in Willdon, Anterwold, widow of Thenald Samuel Wind - Also British Intelligence, somewhat of a Henry follower and possible frenemy. Portmore - WW2 to 1960 Head of British Intelligence Gunter - hapless janitor used by Angela to experiment with time travel, went mad in the 1890s and became a monkĮtheran - deceased Scholar, Hanary’s mentor, Stoic in the vein of Cato Lucien Grange - sales rep/shill/fixer for OldmanterĪlex Chang - very low level employee, worked for Angela doing data analysis and finding wayward people sent back in time. Think Berkshire Hathaway but as run by Stalin. Zoffany Oldmanter - rich and powerful head of a business that gobbles up others as investments, etc. Robert Hanslip - the ultimate bureaucrat and dictator, head of the scientific compound that employs (ed) Angela Jack More - low-level security employee of scientific compound in the futureĪngela Meerson - researcher and inventor of important tech at the scientific compoundĭr. Professor Jenkins - Henry’s cat, named for horrible teacher in his past Rosie Wilson - local girl, 15, feeds Henry’s cat Henry Lytten - 50-something academic, England 1960, writing fantasy book which creates Anterwold, likes Rosie, the girl who feeds his cat Jay - 11 year old boy, belongs in Anterwold I'll start a new thread with my notes, observations and this. I've started it and have finished 6 chapters.

Arcadia by Iain Pears