"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Omoba Aina: the Yoruba daughter of Queen Victoria

Being set on a Dutch East India Company ship, the story I’m writing has to deal with the appalling crimes perpetrated by this and the other trading companies throughout history. And, since I aim to write a Gothic novel, what’s more fitting than an imprisoned princess?
The idea, drawing from literature tropes and aiming to subvert them, also stems from a character from more recent history: Princess Omoba Aina, who was adopted by Queen Victoria. She’s today’s profile on my Patreon.
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