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| {{:blitz.jpg?direct&300 |}}In 1941, during the blitz, disaster strikes. Visiting relatives in the outskirts of London, Francesca is killed when a building, weakened by enemy munitions, collapses. Andrew, who was with Francesca at the time, is also assumed dead. In fact, Andrew, traumatized by the event, wanders, dazed, into London where he is eventually picked up by the police and put into an orphanage. Utterly traumatized, the boy does not speak a word for the next 3 years. | {{:blitz.jpg?direct&300 |}}In 1941, during the blitz, disaster strikes. Visiting relatives in the outskirts of London, Francesca is killed when a building, weakened by enemy munitions, collapses. Andrew, who was with Francesca at the time, is also assumed dead. In fact, Andrew, traumatized by the event, wanders, dazed, into London where he is eventually picked up by the police and put into an orphanage. Utterly traumatized, the boy does not speak a word for the next 3 years. |
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| With the death of his wife and son, Nathaniel's writing becomes, again, dark. His stories are now haunted, disjointed things, full of faustian bargains and unutterable sacrifices. Nathaniel begins planning an archaeological excavation in the Nepalese highlands, a journey to be funded from his own, not insubstantial, fortune. On the morning of November 1st, 1947, however, he is found dead in his study, shot through the head. A revolver lays in his right hand. Neighbors say that on the previous evening there was a large car outside the house, possibly an army staff car, but no one corroborate this. What is certain is a heated argument took place in which the word 'Carcosa' was mentioned, and also something about a 'king'. | With the death of his wife and son, Nathaniel's writing becomes, again, dark. His stories are now haunted, disjointed things, full of faustian bargains and unutterable sacrifices. Nathaniel begins planning an archaeological excavation in the Nepalese highlands, a journey to be funded from his own, not insubstantial, fortune. On the morning of November 1st, 1947, however, he is found dead in his study, shot through the head. A revolver lays in his right hand. Neighbors say that on the previous evening there was a large car outside the house, possibly an army staff car, but no one is able to corroborate this. What is certain is a heated argument took place in which the word 'Carcosa' was mentioned, and also something about a 'king'. Finding no trace of any foul play and discovering copious supplies of opium in the study and in Nathaniel's blood, the case is deemed a suicide. Thankfully, the police do not notice the burned remains of several maps, notes and books in the fireplace. |
| Finding no trace of any foul play and discovering copious supplies of opium in the study and in Nathaniel's blood, the case is deemed a suicide. Thankfully, the police do not notice the burned remains of several maps, notes and books in the fireplace. | |
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| To everyone's surprise, Nathaniel has left his estate to a long absent second cousin, thought to be living in Australia. With the executors unable to find this heir, and strictly forbidden from dispersing of the holdings, the house - and all the rest of Browne's assets - are simply locked up and left in a trust. | To everyone's surprise, Nathaniel has left his estate to a long absent second cousin, thought to be living in Australia. With the executors unable to find this heir, and strictly forbidden from dispersing of the holdings, the house - and all the rest of Browne's assets - are simply locked up and left in a trust. |