At Last; A Christmas in the West Indies
At Last; A Christmas in the West Indies
By Charles Kingsley
12 Feb, 2020
Chronicling his own journey from Southampton to the Spanish Main. Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, novelist, and historian, best known perhaps for his book The Water Babies. In At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies, Kingsley recounts his
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Chronicling his own journey from Southampton to the Spanish Main. Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, novelist, and historian, best known perhaps for his book The Water Babies. In At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies, Kingsley recounts his travels to the West Indies, largely focused on Trinidad, in 1869. It is in many ways a typical 'travel' book of its time, rich in description and presenting an 'imperial' position and outlook on the colony. Less