Yes, I love that aspect of 'character writes their own story many years later' first-person narration—Raffles gives plenty of opportunities to use that in fic, and this story definitely does.
I know what you mean about the difficulties of new historical settings! There are some historical books that I love but am way too intimidated to write for largely because the historical setting is so unfamiliar to me, especially Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman and adjacent stuff.
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Yes, I love that aspect of 'character writes their own story many years later' first-person narration—Raffles gives plenty of opportunities to use that in fic, and this story definitely does.
I know what you mean about the difficulties of new historical settings! There are some historical books that I love but am way too intimidated to write for largely because the historical setting is so unfamiliar to me, especially Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman and adjacent stuff.