"The Lotus Eaters" guest post

There's a (new) excerpt from The Duke and the Pirate Queen posted at RT Book Reviews. There's also a message from the author. Which is me.

And I'm posting about "The Lotus Eaters" and The Duke and The Pirate Queen at Stephanie Draven's Blog.

Excerpt from "The Lotos-Eaters" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson:

…And round about the keel with faces pale,
Dark faces pale against that rosy flame,
The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters came.
Branches they bore of that enchanted stem,
Laden with flower and fruit...