Trespassers Forgiven: Memoirs of Imperial Service in an Age of Independence
Within three decades of the end of the Second World War, the once mighty British Empire had been dismantled leaving only a few residual spots of red on the world map. This was the age of de-colonization and Independence. Trespassers Forgiven offers a personal glimpse into the history of British Honduras (Belize) at this crucial period in British history.\ C.H. Godden examines the long road Belize travelled to eventual independence in 1981 after more than a century as a British colony. He...
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Within three decades of the end of the Second World War, the once mighty British Empire had been dismantled leaving only a few residual spots of red on the world map. This was the age of de-colonization and Independence. Trespassers Forgiven offers a personal glimpse into the history of British Honduras (Belize) at this crucial period in British history. C.H. Godden examines the long road Belize travelled to eventual independence in 1981 after more than a century as a British colony. He demonstrates the very real difficulties the new government faced and how the country’s progression to independence was considerably delayed by Guatemala’s territorial claim and the many international complications and obstacles that followed in its wake. Drawing on the author’s personal experiences at the Colonial Office in the region at this decisive time, Trespassers Forgiven illuminates the colony’s unique history and draws attention to the neglected and almost forgotten story of Britain’s involvement in Central America. It includes penetrating personal reflections and recollections which serve as both an important resource for historians of the British Empire and of the Caribbean as well as an enthralling memoir for the general reader.
* Acknowledgements • Map of British Settlements 18th century • Map of British Honduras • Extract from Aldous Huxley’s Beyond The Mexique Bay • Prologue • En Route • The Bung * Baron Bliss • Its Clean • The Mosquito Shore and Other Imperial Links • 806 • 1931 Hurricane • Loaves and Fishes • Characters (18th and 19th centuries) • Characters (20th century) • Cricket Lovely Cricket • ‘Hattie’ (1) • ‘Hattie’ (2) • ‘Hattie’ (3) • The Boy(s’) Stood on The Burning Deck • Incursion • The Mark of Cain • The Scorpio Club • Toledo • Mennonites • Among My Souvenirs • Cops And Robbers • The Cockscombs • ‘HT’ • A Soldier’s Tale • I, Too, Have Nothing to Say • ‘BH’ Re-visited *Tikal • Ya Da Fu We Belize • Bibliography • Notes *
