APRIL FOOL!

As you will have worked out, the lovely island of St Jacques does not exist. It was a literary fantasy brought to life by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Follow the link to order his novel - The Violins of Saint-Jacques: A Tale of the Antilles.

We hope you enjoyed our little amusement?!

If you have come here directly or from a search engine then you might want to read the following article to make sense of our April Fool... The Violins of Saint Jacques.

We might also point out that we realise certain countries have certain traditions about playing the fool before midday or else you become the fool...Hopefully, as our site is a global one, we will be forgiven for running this story throughout the day?!