Undeterred, Jonathan, Vivian, Sam and the android Elio go in search of the Caskets, using an ancient time-travel device they find in a secret room beneath a museum. However, there are only three large Unstable Eras, so the fourth Casket must be hidden somewhere else. They discover that the Caskets are hidden in what are known as the Unstable Eras – eras of history in which events are not fixed and which might change at any moment. This one states that Faber John created four Caskets – Gold, Silver, Iron and Lead – which, after being placed out in history, provide the power needed to keep Time City running. However, they learn from Vivian's tutor, Doctor Wilander, that there is another legend about Faber John. Jonathan and Sam are especially concerned about the disruptions in history because it may mean that Time City will also break apart. Vivian ends up staying with Jonathan's family, disguised as his cousin Vivian Lee. However, the boys cannot return her to her own time, since the repeated use of the time-locks would be picked up on by the Time Police and they would be found out. Vivian manages to convince them that she is not the Time Lady. Since Vivian fits these criteria, they had reasoned that she must be the Time Lady. They reasoned that, since she is Faber John's (in translation, John Smith's) wife, she must be calling herself Smith, and disguised as a young girl.
Sam and Jonathan overheard the Chronologue, powerful authorities in Time City, talking about history going wrong and it being the fault of the Time Lady. The legend states that at the end of history, Faber John and the Time Lady will return to Time City. The Time Lady is the consort of Faber John, another legendary figure. Jonathan and Sam have kidnapped Vivian because they (incorrectly) believe that she is the "Time Lady," a legendary figure in Time City. To stop it straying from this path, the Time Police have Observers out in history, tweaking events to make sure that they go the right way. Most of the plot takes place in Time City, the purpose of which is to oversee the course of history and ensure that it stays on its "correct" path. On arriving at the station, she is kidnapped by two boys, Jonathan and Sam, and taken to Time City, which exists outside of what we know as History. It is September 1939, the start of World War Two, and Vivian Smith is being evacuated.
In this novel, Jones explains time travel with more reference to our current understanding of science than she does in many of her other works. It tells the story of a girl, Vivian Smith, who is kidnapped while being evacuated from London during World War II and caught up in a struggle to preserve history. A Tale of Time City was first published in 1987 by British author Diana Wynne Jones.
0 kommentar(er)
