Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Wow--sighting of VC Scott O'Connor

Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor, who had a career in the Indian Civil Service, travelled extensively in the Cyclades in 1929: in his book Isles of the Aegean (published by Hutchinson) he described his meetings with families of Venetian descent living on Santorino:
I was looking for Santorino as a surname for a character I am creating.
It's an island.
https://romeartlover.tripod.com/Santorin.html
VC Scott O'Connor wrote--

My new love--Google Books--here is VC Scott O'Connor's Mandalay and Other Cities--494 pages--

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mandalay_and_Other_Cities_of_the_Past_in/A5tEAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Send me some Burmese foods or ...