Yes, I see what you mean. I was mostly afraid that he was going to be made into the second sort with no apologies and via a thorough transposition of modern chattel slavery onto the Roman model.
Though you could write Esca perfectly into early colonial India, no changes required. Proud, even peacocky, young princes were being forever taken and ransomed back or not depending upon relative importance, and often being dragged up into the Resident's household, etc. Could be done. Glad there's been no attempt, mind.
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Date: 2015-06-09 09:20 pm (UTC)Though you could write Esca perfectly into early colonial India, no changes required. Proud, even peacocky, young princes were being forever taken and ransomed back or not depending upon relative importance, and often being dragged up into the Resident's household, etc. Could be done. Glad there's been no attempt, mind.