About

Hi, thanks for visiting my website. I’m Cyril Lucas, the author of ‘A Bloggety Blog’ and the novels ‘A Flash of Spanish Eyes’; ‘A Windy Night’ and ‘Waziristan to Tibet.’

In ‘A Blogetty Blog’ I write about personal and family history, general history and my reflections on 94 years of life. You might read about the notable adventures of my ancestors in Tahiti and India; my time living in the south of France; my love for jazz, literature and art; my childhood growing up in England during the golden years before WWII or my evacuation to America during the war. Current readers have been kind enough to call my blog: “Fascinating.” “Not to be missed.” “One of the best.”

‘A Windy Night’ is a comic, gothic, historical romance. It’s a what? Well yes, it is all those things. Set on the Dorset Coast in 1799 it tells the story of a young woman coming into her own. Lady Lucy Greatjoy, newly married and expecting a life of wedding bliss. Instead she faces one challenge after another and in doing so she changes not only her own life but the lives of all those around her. Intended to be entertaining, ‘A Windy Night’ also addresses some serious themes such as social change, developments in medicine, smuggling and naval impressment. With many great reviews on Amazon, I hope you will enjoy it!

‘Waziristan to Tibet’ tells the extraordinary story of my Great-Grandfather Colonel Herbert Brander, who commanded the 32nd Sikh Pioneers regiment in India. Drawing upon his personal recollections and other contemporary sources, this fictionalized account explores his extensive military service, which culminated in his command of a military expedition into Tibet in 1904. The feats of personal endurance demanded by this expedition – climbing through the Himalayas mid winter – seem to surpass fiction but they are recorded by history as fact. His colorful personal story portrays vanished days of the Raj at its apogee, as well as the dynamics underlying today’s conflict in Afghanistan and the plight of Tibet as it attempts to preserve its culture in the face of China’s occupation.