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On the backflap to the 1986 hardcover of this book, Alexander says, "The Illyrian Adventure was intended as an entertainment, with a gloriously fearless heroine, legendary heroes, inscrutable mysteries, and fiendish villains." I don't know how inscrutable the mystery was and the villain was a garden-variety fiend. But the heroine, Vesper Holly, was gloriously fearless.
As I said over at Gail's, you can't beat a heroine who "has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master ... is familiar with half a dozen languages and can swear fluently in all of them."
She would SO kick Indy's ass.
I loved Vesper Holly as a kid.
Posted by: jess | 25 July 2006 at 04:43 PM
She's the best. After I posted that, it struck me that she's ALSO cooler than Nancy Drew -- she can do everything, just like our intrepid sleuth, but she also swears and has more all-around spark. Hooray for Vesper!
Posted by: Leila | 25 July 2006 at 04:46 PM