I'm a fan of the Scottish novelist
John Buchan (1875-1940), though I had never read his novel
Huntingtower. It sounded like a good read-a-loud for the family. We are just two chapters into the book, but my 12 year old and I are amazed at the way our reading experience has been enriched by having done the
Ambleside Online curriculum for the last four years or so. The story takes place near the end of World War I and the book's hero is a retired Scottish grocer looking forward to a bit of adventure walking through the Scottish countryside. He is a bit of a literary man with a love of poetry; he even carries Isaac Walton's The Complete Angler with him on his journey which also refers to poems that we have recently read. We feel like we've met a
kindred spirit; like we are insiders. We are getting the many references to history, great novels, and poetry that are part of the story. It makes me wonder if he had a Charlotte Mason education himself. Thanks Charlotte Mason and Ambleside Online.
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