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A Late Beginner
Priscilla Napier grew up in Egypt during the last golden years of the Edwardian Age - a time when, for her parents' generation, it seemed the sun would never set upon 'the regimental band playing selections from HMS Pinafore under the banyan tree'. A Late Beginner recalls that childhood and those last fleeting years of the British Protectorate.
A Difficult Country
The Napier family (part of the Scottish nobility) between 1068 and the 18th century. John Napier, who lived in the 16th century, was the inventor of logarithms. Descendants lived in Scotland, England and elsewhere.
Henry at Sea
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Barbarian Eye
This delightfully written book tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834, not to stop the opium smuggling (by which all local officials profited hugely), but to seek a settlement between the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities. Known at home as a brave and sensible sailor who had started his career at Trafalgar, William John was noted for his calm and patience. He was at once seen by the Chinese authorities as a dangerous spy - a 'Barbarian Eye'. Though biographical in character, based largely upon Lord Napier's own letters and journals, the book gives an admirable insight into the story of Western contacts over the centuries with the world's oldest and surely, most remarkable civilisation and a charming description of life in England and Scotland in the early 19th century, including life in the court of King William IV, Lord Napier's close friend and master.
I Have Sind
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Raven Castle
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Henry Ashore
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