Selina Hastings, Jack Hasting's daughter and author of The Red Earl
Thank you so very much for sending me [in advance Chapter 15 The runaway aristocrat, Jack Hastings] which I found utterly fascinating! The research you have done is extremely impressive, and you tell the story with such clarity and insight... Needless to say, I was deeply intrigued by your account of my father’s life on Moorea and Tahiti, his writing as well as his painting and an interesting social life, about all of which which I had known so little — and nothing at all about his two affairs! I’m sure you will have a great success with the book, which you certainly deserve, and which I very much look forward to reading.
