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necessarian Mar. 2nd, 2019 03:26 pm)
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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.