An artist's impression of the death of Sir Thomas Picton on the battlefield at Waterloo
Here is my interview with BBC Radio Wales on Sir Thomas Picton, broadcast in 2012 around the time of the publication of the last Angel Mountain story, "Conspiracy of Angels."
He was a deeply unpleasant character, by all accounts -- and it will be interesting to see how local assessments of his reputation will now be revised, in the light of the "Black Lives Matter" movement....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-17650782/military-hero-sir-thomas-picton-tyrant-of-trinidad?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR17FclchVWAaFRyDa2Gdsaw8ABBBId0Hf9vm4su_53VyRTzcyHRLTQz1Qs
Artist's impression of the torture of Louisa Calderon, the episode that led him into a high-profile trial involving the famous lawyer William Garrow, and to the destruction of his reputation.
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