Together with his brother, the novelist Henry Fielding, he formed London's first police force, called the Bow Street Runners, and served as a judge to the lower classes from his court in Covent Garden. Although these books are fiction, Sir John was a real person his portrait hangs in the National Gallery in London. This is the first in a series of murder mysteries starring Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate in 18th century London. In spite of a few good scenes, Devo Girl really can't recommend this book. Oh yeah, and his sight is magically restored, because obviously Ackroyd does not know how to write a blind character. In the end, it all wears rather thin and Milton, who began as a sympathetic character, becomes a homicidal maniac. Also, this is an intellectual novel, which means plenty of experimentation with narration and point of view. The premise, that John Milton, the blind English poet, fled to the Puritan colonies of New England after Charles II returned to the throne in 1660, is interesting and plausible, but this British author's descriptions of colonial New England ring false. Not only is this not a great devo book, it's only mediocre as literature. Kevin’s Story by Adrienne Staff and Sally Goldenbaum Tell Me How the Wind Sounds by Leslie Guccione The Morning Side of Dawn by Justine Davis If You Could See What I Hear by Tom Sullivan We So Seldom Look on Love by Barbara Gowdy

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