tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4590519837929083910..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: RegicidesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-32906255738361542412017-05-30T09:59:09.364+01:002017-05-30T09:59:09.364+01:00Later: Not Jamaica but an interesting story.Later: Not Jamaica but an interesting story.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-33184930249481665932017-05-30T07:17:15.064+01:002017-05-30T07:17:15.064+01:00David,
Yes, that could be it. In fact, I ought to ...David,<br />Yes, that could be it. In fact, I ought to look it up.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-90923004235774991812017-05-30T03:08:35.927+01:002017-05-30T03:08:35.927+01:00Paul:
I think Mr. Stirling meant "Drax" ...Paul:<br />I think Mr. Stirling meant "Drax" the German was pretending to be Drax the Jamaican.David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-6935265615363973172017-05-29T22:29:20.208+01:002017-05-29T22:29:20.208+01:00Mr Stirling,
Did Bond's Drax deffo come from J...Mr Stirling,<br />Did Bond's Drax deffo come from Jamaica? I remember him as: German; very Nazi; one of Otto Skorzeny's men who masqueraded as Allied troops; injured by an explosion; found by the Allies; thought to be one of their own; feigning amnesia; wrongly identified with a missing Englishman; becoming part of the British establishment; plotting the destruction of London. Of course, maybe Jamaica was somewhere in his background as well.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60835862006200058462017-05-29T22:15:15.148+01:002017-05-29T22:15:15.148+01:00One of Bond's villains is named Drax, and come...One of Bond's villains is named Drax, and comes from Jamaica -- and there was a real Drax family which was prominent in the British Caribbean.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-31228015717034806772017-05-29T17:11:54.525+01:002017-05-29T17:11:54.525+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Ha! That was a truly obscure link to ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Ha! That was a truly obscure link to find between two such very different works of fiction. I would argue, however, that Fleming, for the sake of his fiction, wanted to invent a fictional connection between the Havelocks of Jamaica with the execution of Charles I without naming any REAL families. In order to avoid causing any offense.<br /><br />After all, many people in the UK still get twitchy about Oliver Cromwell and his military dictatorship. I doubt any actual descendants of the regicides care to advertise that!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com