I assumed you'd be airlifted out by ravens

Did he achieve lift-off?

However, in the absence of a damson, frozen or otherwise...

I got a one star "fit only for the bin" because my historical romance novel - The Admiral's Daughter - was not an in-depth study of the Georgian navy. Which if course, the reader should have expected from M&B, that well-known military history publisher.

It was the great Richard Richardson, fabulous bird artist and illustrator of one of the first "modern" pocket field guides

I was at a bird reserve in Norfolk with a very good birder & a couple got very excited about a flock of homing pigeons. 'What are they?' 'Ptarmigan,' Richard replied, straight-faced. Silence. Then isn't it a bit early for those?' they asked. Ever since, homing pigeons have been ptarmigan

I got as far as your first line & though - 30K. Happens to all of us, I suspect