A Lying Sort of Summer by Marna (NC-17)

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Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Edrington/Kitty Cobham, Edrington/Pellew (implied)
Author on LJ:commodorified
Author Website:The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:

Another brilliant offering from commodorified set in the "All the King's Men" (ATKM) universe. From Drury Lane to Vauxhall Gardens and back again, this story focuses on a relationship that winds over the course of a decade against the backdrop of the Napoleonic war. Edrington and Kitty move from young love to mature realization, dealing with the consequences of war, separation, class divide, and social constraint.

This story is saturated with historicism in layers that are deep, robust, and at the same time gracefully subtle. The emotions and events portrayed bleed through the prose to color the story with a tone purely evocative of the period. Told in a most eloquent and accessible style.

Sensual, sexual, heartbreakingly beautiful.

A Lying Sort of Summer, Part I
A Lying Sort of Summer, Part II