My Phoenician Princess

This morning I spoke to “My Phoenician Princess” a term of endearment I applied to Virginia Hambley after her father told me the Hambley’s are found in Cornwall, and there is a legend they descend from Phoenicians. I went to google and found a genealogical site that appeared to confirm this legend. Hannibal is a suggested source name of Hambley. I sent a copy of this site to Clarke, along with photos of the de Bourmont family of France, as well as images of the Hambley home in North Carolina where Clarke was born. Clarke told me all the wealth of E.C. Hambley did not get down to his parents, it lost in capital adventures. As a Captain in the U.S. Airforce he met his wife to be who is kin to Victor de Bourmont a member of the Vichy government.

Clarke hinted his marriage was a rescue mission that…