I’ve published a number of international bestsellers for other authors through my modest imprint LPS publishing. They include William Collins’s The Empathy Gap: Male Disadvantages and the Mechanisms of Their Neglect (40 reviews, all 5-star) and Herbert Purdy’s Their Angry Creed: The shocking history of feminism, and how it is destroying our way of life (18 reviews, 78% of them 5-star or 4-star).
Mauritius is a small island and independent country in the Indian Ocean, of a similar area (790 square miles) and population (1.2 million) to Surrey. Almost everyone speaks English as a third language (after Mauritian Creole and French) and cars drive on the left. Last year I published a book for a friend, Charles (Nelson) Churchill, with the snappy title MAURITIUS: The Affordable Tropical Paradise (a practical A-Z guide for English speakers – retirees (50+) and others seeking a better quality of life).
Charles is permanently baffled at why there are not more British expats (like himself) on the island. He reports that people from many countries (including the UK and Ireland) over 50 can obtain a 10-year retirement residence permit, and property rental prices are maybe 25% of those in the UK. The weather is sublime year-round and groceries cost around 20% less than in the UK. New cars cost less than their equivalents in the UK despite a 100% sales tax on new cars. UK pensioners will see their state pensions increase every year in line with the increases in the UK. Inflation in Mauritius has been similar to that in the UK for many years.
Charles is happy to enter into an email exchange with anyone who might wish to consider emigrating to Mauritius, either for a defined number of years, or permanently. His email address is charlesnchurchill@proton.me.
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