Bitter Lemons Of Cyprus: Life On A Mediterranean Island - Plot & Excerpts
The Clergyman’s son is the Devil’s grandson. Every gypsy praises his own basket. —Cypriot Greek proverbs WITH THE POLITICAL issues irremediably landlocked by the implacability of Turkish opinion, both metropolitan and domestic, the island was now to be turned upon another course, away from the academic exchanges of the council chamber towards crueler extremes. From the problem child of the politicians it was to become the field of operations of the soldier. The replacement of Sir Robert had not been unforeseen, though it was misinterpreted by those who did not yet realize how fundamentally the whole problem had been altered by the failure of the London Conference. By now, terrorism and disorder could no longer be met by appeals to sweet reason, and the hopes that international decisions might obviate the sort of measures which the state of things demanded. Extremes must now meet if the whole structure of civic life and administrative order were not to be prejudiced for ever; and on this sharp wind Sir John flew in to take over.
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