Wow. Yeah I imagine everyone would probably also be glad the king wasn't on the ship, but what a massive loss. I wonder why he was taking such a huge cache of valuables to Europe and back. Maybe he just got a major order from Cartier and was bringing it back to India.
Very insightful, thank you so much for all your painstaking research on this subject! Really excited about your novel, and I look forward to reading it someday. Also, in the meantime, I have some expertise with lascar seamen and shipboard life, so if any of your characters happen to be lascars and you'd like to get any help with them at all, please do reach out to me at any time!
Hey my novel is available to read here https://lila.substack.com/p/read-my-novel and I'm releasing chapters 3-4 times a week. It's paywalled, but if you'll beta-read it and give me feedback, i can comp it for you. It's got a 100+ chapters and I've released about 22 so far.
My great-great-grand father was the Diwan of the Maharaja of Kapurthala.
Come to think of it, the sinking of the ship would have been a big deal for him.
My grandmother didn’t really have much overlap with him and she passed away 20 years ago herself. So I don’t have any anecdotes for you.
But I do look forward to the book!
Wow. Yeah I imagine everyone would probably also be glad the king wasn't on the ship, but what a massive loss. I wonder why he was taking such a huge cache of valuables to Europe and back. Maybe he just got a major order from Cartier and was bringing it back to India.
Very insightful, thank you so much for all your painstaking research on this subject! Really excited about your novel, and I look forward to reading it someday. Also, in the meantime, I have some expertise with lascar seamen and shipboard life, so if any of your characters happen to be lascars and you'd like to get any help with them at all, please do reach out to me at any time!
Hey my novel is available to read here https://lila.substack.com/p/read-my-novel and I'm releasing chapters 3-4 times a week. It's paywalled, but if you'll beta-read it and give me feedback, i can comp it for you. It's got a 100+ chapters and I've released about 22 so far.