Sirius/Remus Rec: Or, a Portrait of the Mathematician as a Young Man by zambla

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title: Or, a Portrait of the Mathematician as a Young Man

 

author: zambla

 

rating: G

tags/content: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - 1930s, Cambridge, Art, Illustrated, Alan Turing - Freeform, Mathematics, Brideshead Revisited - Freeform, World War II, Butterflies, Entomology

 

summary: Historical AU. University of Cambridge, 1931. Remus J. Lupin, a mathematics scholar at King’s College, has fallen in with a set of friends who called themselves The Marauders—and at its masthead the dissolute aristocratic heir, Lord Sirius Black.

 

A roman a clef of Alan Turing's life woven with fantasy inspired by Brideshead Revisited, told by Harry Potter characters in period clothing. Illustrated.

 

wordcount: 13k

 

rec notes: This is an all-time favourite. When I think of historical AUs, I really can't go past it. On a personal level - this is everything I love in one place. On a general level - you should read this, because you will probably love it too.