Joan Aiken writes of a historical period which never existed, where descendants of James II were on the throne and there is a Hanoverian plot to get rid of them. In “Limbo Lodge”, her main protagonist, Dido Twite, and her companions are spending the night in a slightly grand but sinister stone house. They are provided with a meal “which was unexpectedly good”. This is what they are given to eat:
...thin, bitter soup, pancakes, some game-bird roasted with rice, peppers and garlic, and cups of hot drink served in small metal cups”.
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