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![]() Many of these, including “Old King’s Head” and “Mother Cook’s,” are mentioned in the newspapers and correspondence of the time. ![]() In 1812, when Kingston had a population of 2250 plus 1500 soldiers, it could boast 78 taverns. Inns and taverns figured prominently in Upper Canada’s frontier life. They spend much of the novel attempting to escape and return home, but by the end, having attained their freedom, they are resolved to stay and make a new life. They are forced to leave their native England for Canada and eventually Kingston, where they are stationed as Royal Marines. The story focuses on two young fishermen from Porthleven, Cornwall pressed into service aboard a Royal Navy frigate. Bottle and Glass is a story of survival and escape told from the barstools of two dozen boisterous Kingston taverns at the close of the War of 1812. ![]()
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