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Tag Archives: Colonial history
Not just Pemberley, but Jupiter
I’ve previously written about how Charles Austen, Jane Austen’s brother was buried at Trincomalee. Given that we half intend to go back for a second journey next year, I thought I’d research the grave location – a suitably morbid thing … Continue reading
From Pemberley to Trincomalee …
It is truth universally acknowledged that the past can sometimes produce seemingly bizarre connections. One is that Jane Austen’s brother Charles, who had a long and distinguished naval career, died in Burma during the second Burmese war and is buried … Continue reading
Beth Ellis …
Last year I blogged about Beth Ellis’s An English Girl’s First Impressions of Burmah. At the time I had two mysteries, who exactly was Beth Ellis, and why did Beth refer to Maymyo as Remyo? Well last night I got … Continue reading
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