Sugar and Spice Quotes

“It gives one a reason to fight the French, certainly, sir.” “I have never needed a reason, Mr Murray – it has always seemed the most natural of occupations to me. I have come to believe that the French were created merely so that the pugnacious English would have a legitimate target for their aggression.”
― Andrew Wareham, Sugar and Spice

“He watched as they lifted their hats and stiffened as the commodore’s pennant, the confusingly named ‘broad pendant’, reached the masthead – all correct and showing proper respect.”
― Andrew Wareham, Sugar and Spice