I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes
and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.
Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉
First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?
Me: FUCK!
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