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The Principled Affair of the Compromised QC, by AJHall (PG)
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey
Pairing: Gen, Sir Impey Biggs
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Author AJ Hall
Author Website: At At AO3
Why this must be read: For an author whose characters spend a great deal of time talking about, worrying about, and occasionally having nervous breakdowns about ethical issues, it seems rather odd that the one area nobody apparently gives a damn about is legal ethics, through which Sayers regularly drives a coach and four. AJ Hall has taken up the challenge of delving into one of the more egregious examples, canary-fancying barrister Sir Impey Bigg’s statement that he refuses to defend blackmailers – barristers’ rules requiring them to take all comers.
If that all sounds a little dry, then this must be read because it is a poignant exploration of a minor but important and intriguing character’s backstory that intersects nicely with canon, by an author who doesn’t write nearly as much in this fandom as one might wish.
"You shouldn't blame yourself," I said. "After all, you kept the jury out for three hours. And the foreman made a very strong recommendation to mercy. Quite right, too. The murdered man was a rotten blackmailer, and the world's better off without him. Even if there’s no appeal, your client has every hope of a Royal Pardon."
"You think so?" Sir Impey's mobile lips twisted. "I doubt it. Not after Counsel for the Prosecution brought my client's letters into evidence. I thought men like that shot themselves. Isn't His Majesty's opinion on that point going to prove a bit of an obstacle to a Royal Pardon? Besides, now his secret’s out, what's my poor devil of a client got to live for?"
I didn't know Biggs at all well but there was something in the tone of his voice....
Read it here
Pairing: Gen, Sir Impey Biggs
Length:
Author AJ Hall
Author Website: At At AO3
Why this must be read: For an author whose characters spend a great deal of time talking about, worrying about, and occasionally having nervous breakdowns about ethical issues, it seems rather odd that the one area nobody apparently gives a damn about is legal ethics, through which Sayers regularly drives a coach and four. AJ Hall has taken up the challenge of delving into one of the more egregious examples, canary-fancying barrister Sir Impey Bigg’s statement that he refuses to defend blackmailers – barristers’ rules requiring them to take all comers.
If that all sounds a little dry, then this must be read because it is a poignant exploration of a minor but important and intriguing character’s backstory that intersects nicely with canon, by an author who doesn’t write nearly as much in this fandom as one might wish.
"You shouldn't blame yourself," I said. "After all, you kept the jury out for three hours. And the foreman made a very strong recommendation to mercy. Quite right, too. The murdered man was a rotten blackmailer, and the world's better off without him. Even if there’s no appeal, your client has every hope of a Royal Pardon."
"You think so?" Sir Impey's mobile lips twisted. "I doubt it. Not after Counsel for the Prosecution brought my client's letters into evidence. I thought men like that shot themselves. Isn't His Majesty's opinion on that point going to prove a bit of an obstacle to a Royal Pardon? Besides, now his secret’s out, what's my poor devil of a client got to live for?"
I didn't know Biggs at all well but there was something in the tone of his voice....
Read it here
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