On the one hand he wants Delaney out of the picture, but on the other he needs him alive, so is doing everything he can to stop him being killed. Nobody’s supposed to know about their involvement in the slave trade, so Coop is very pleased to be the one to expose Strange as the main perpetrator. So, when George’s response to mention of the East India Company is, “Fuck them as well,” Coop replies with a very smug, “Oh, I intend to.” I have a feeling Solomon Coop is going to try his hardest to do exactly that…and I look forward to seeing how Delaney fits into his plans.Īlready, Coop is working towards bringing the East India Company down for its part in the deaths of hundreds of slaves, who drowned after one of the company’s slave ships sank. With the Crown having very little control over the East India Company, there is a great deal of tension between the two.Ĭoop’s distinct lack of respect for the Prince Regent gives us an amusing first impression of how underwhelmed he is by people in prominent positions. Having enjoyed actor, Jason Watkins, in Being Human several years back, I can only hope he will be playing Coop as a formidable enemy of the East India Company, should they try to mess him about…which they probably will. His private secretary, Solomon Coop, is far more interesting. As usual, he’s portrayed as immature and petulant. Now Strange needs a new plan of action.Įnter Mark Gattiss as the Prince Regent, who’s waiting to become George IV as soon as daddy, George III, dies. However, after a near-death incident, Delaney decided to make a will that states Nootka Sound is to be bequeathed to the Americans if he dies. In fact, it had pretty much become a sackable offence NOT to kill Delaney. This initially meant no-one in the East India’s employ was exempt from the task of effecting his demise. Top executive at the East India Company, Sir Stuart Strange, continues his blinkered preoccupation with Nootka Sound, and determination to remove the irritation that is James Keziah Delaney. Seems she’s also wanted out of the picture, because there are already too many people standing in the way of Nootka Sound. Sadly, for her, she doesn’t realize the danger she’s in and Delaney has already had to rescue her from a violent altercation and imprisonment. She’s an actress and I don’t think any of us are quite sure if she’s legit or not. Delaney knows the East India Company deals in slaves, but they’ve covered their involvement well and won’t like the fact he’s on to them.Īlthough, there’s still the matter of Horace’s mystery wife turning up and assuming rights to half his estate. Well…he’s bought a ship called the Adventurer that, according to his flashbacks and some very big clues like manacles having been installed below decks etc., looks to have been a slave ship. In it was put black on white the legal right of the Delaney family over Nootka Sound, obtained together with the purchase of a woman of the Nootka indigenous tribe in exchange for beads and food.By Anna May what’s Delaney been up to lately? There, James finally found the Nootka Treaty. After a bitter conversation about James's bad behavior, Lorna revealed the existence of a secret compartment in the trunk. Ĭornered by James, Lorna had to hand over to his son-in-law the trunk belonging to Horace. The plan was thwarted by the sudden intervention of Benjamin Wilton, who hindered Solomon Coop on behalf of the East India Company. After staging a motive to arrest her, Solomon Coop offered the woman a reward for the Nootka Treaty. The news of the widow had also come to Solomon Coop thanks to his network of spies scattered around London.
Sir Strange welcomed the news very well, since Lorna Bow, as a widow, was heiress to part of the inheritance. In the following days, after Lorna Bow appeared as Horace Delaney's widow, Thoyt rushed to the headquarters to inform East India Company's Desk about the news. Since Nootka Treaty was nowhere to be found, Abraham Appleby suggested spreading the rumor that it had been burned, so that the East India Company could take possession of Nootka Sound. Since James was the only beneficiary and heir, Sir Stuart Strange complained about their recent attempts to negotiate with Thorne and Zilpha Geary. When James Delaney returned to London, Robert Thoyt was able to read the last wills of late Horace Delaney as Delaney's attorney.
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