Georgian Age Category
Punch, anyone?
Posted on December 1, 2013 6 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] With the Festive Season upon us, it’s easy to partake of perhaps a little too much of the grain and grape. The Georgians could certainly drink their fill. Judging by household accounts for […]
King Sugar
Posted on November 5, 2013 7 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] The two of my books set in the Caribbean – SEAFLOWER and CARIBBEE – cannot help but touch on King Sugar. Renzi’s brother is a plantation owner in Jamaica and as well as […]
An Epoch of Life and Vigour
Posted on November 1, 2013 5 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Thomas Kydd was born in the Georgian Age, into a family whose livelihood depended on wig-making, a trade that would gradually diminish in importance over the coming years. The Georgian Age, an epoch […]
In Kydd’s Footsteps
Posted on September 30, 2013 4 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Kathy and I greatly enjoy going on location research for the Kydd books and to date the series has taken us to all kinds of exotic places around the globe – from Antigua […]
For Rent, One Pineapple
Posted on August 24, 2013 8 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Christopher Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, ‘pine of the Indians’ and brought it back with him to Europe. No-one knows when […]
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