Table of Contents

Part I In Explanation Part II The Caribbean 1 The US Virgin Islands 2 The Wicked Baronet 3 'Typical Dominica' 4 An Island to be Explored Part II The Lebanon Part IV Seychelles 1 The Place and the People 2 Seychellois Routine 3 The Beachcomber's Arms 4 The Collet Incident 5 Praslin 6 The Woman Who Knew Frank Harris 7 Last Days in Mahe Part V Ex-British Raj 1 Ceylon 2 The City of Caliphs Part VI Damascus Part VII Villefranche-Sur-Mer A Note on the Author

About the Author

Alec Waugh, 1898-1981, was a British novelist born in London and educated at Sherborne Public School, Dorset. Waugh's first novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), is a semi-autobiographical account of public school life that caused some controversy at the time and led to his expulsion. Waugh was the only boy ever to be expelled from The Old Shirburnian Society. Despite setting this record, Waugh went on to become the successful author of over 50 works, and lived in many exotic places throughout his life which later became the settings for some of his texts. He was also a noted wine connoisseur and campaigned to make the 'cocktail party' a regular feature of 1920s social life.