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George's story begins on April 17 in 1789 at home: Pemberley in Derbyshire
Pemberley1
![The two Darcy brothers relax in a sunny parlor for conversation](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/parlor-conversation.jpg?h=450)
The two Darcy brothers relax in a sunny parlor for conversation
![Dr. George Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/George-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
Dr. George Darcy
![James Darcy II, George's older brother](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/James-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
James Darcy II, George's older brother
![Clock reads 2:34 PM, the precise time of Alex's death ten years prior](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/clock-time.jpg?h=450)
Clock reads 2:34 PM, the precise time of Alex's death ten years prior
![George's twin Alex Darcy (1767-1779) at 12 years of age](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Alex-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
George's twin Alex Darcy (1767-1779) at 12 years of age
![Royal College of Surgeons in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Royal-College-Surgeons.jpg?h=450)
Royal College of Surgeons in London
![Worshipful Society of Apothecaries testing room](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Apothecary-test-room.jpg?h=450)
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries testing room
![Royal College of Physicians](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Royal-College-Physicians.jpg?h=450)
Royal College of Physicians
![Guy's Hospital in London, a 1755 drawing](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Guys-Hospital1755.jpg?h=450)
Guy's Hospital in London, a 1755 drawing
![Lying-In Hospital in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lying-In-hospital.jpg?h=450)
Lying-In Hospital in London
![Bethlem Royal Hospital in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bethlem-Royal-Hospital-1.jpg?h=450)
Bethlem Royal Hospital in London
![The Foundling Hospital in London](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/London-Foundling-Hospital.jpg?h=450)
The Foundling Hospital in London
![St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, a 1786 drawing](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/StLukes-lunatic-hosp1786.jpg?h=450)
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, a 1786 drawing
![James Darcy I, Master of Pemberley, George and James's father](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JamesDarcySr.jpg?h=450)
James Darcy I, Master of Pemberley, George and James's father
JamesDarcySr
![Lady Anne Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lady-Anne-Darcy.jpg?h=450)
Lady Anne Darcy
![George's trunk, a gift from Mr. Darcy](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Georges-trunk.jpg?h=450)
George's trunk, a gift from Mr. Darcy
![Inside the trunk are apothecary cases, a physician's saddlebag, and leech jars](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/apothecary-cases.jpg?h=450)
Inside the trunk are apothecary cases, a physician's saddlebag, and leech jars
![East India Company headquarters in London, an 1800 drawing by Thomas Malton](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/East-India-House.jpg?h=450)
East India Company headquarters in London, an 1800 drawing by Thomas Malton
![East India Company ships primarily for cargo and soldiers](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EIC-ships.jpg?h=450)
East India Company ships primarily for cargo and soldiers
![England to India by sea is a 5-6 month journey](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/england-to-india-map.jpg?h=450)
England to India by sea is a 5-6 month journey
![India in 1785](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/India1785.jpg?h=450)
India in 1785
India1785
!["A Dictionary of English and Hindoostanee" by John Gilchrist, published 1786](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gilchrist.jpg?h=450)
"A Dictionary of English and Hindoostanee" by John Gilchrist, published 1786
Gilchrist
![Fort of Bombay, 1754](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay-fort-1754.jpg?h=450)
Fort of Bombay, 1754
![7 Islands of Bombay under English rule by 1668](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay-7islands.jpg?h=450)
7 Islands of Bombay under English rule by 1668
![Salsette (L) & Bombay (R) before the islands were combined. Konkan Coast seen in background.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Islands-Bombay-Salsette.jpg?h=450)
Salsette (L) & Bombay (R) before the islands were combined. Konkan Coast seen in background.
![Bombay street scene, 1826](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay1826.jpg?h=450)
Bombay street scene, 1826
Bombay1826
![Laboratory, 1790 etching](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1760Laboratory.jpg?h=450)
Laboratory, 1790 etching
1760Laboratory
![Ensign "Reed" Dawson](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reed-Dawson.jpg?h=450)
Ensign "Reed" Dawson
![East India Company (EIC) Compound, Bombay Square](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay-square.jpg?h=450)
East India Company (EIC) Compound, Bombay Square
![golden shower & java plum trees](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/golden-shower-java-plum-trees.jpg?h=450)
golden shower & java plum trees
![Dr. Searc McIntyre](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Searc-McIntyre.jpg?h=450)
Dr. Searc McIntyre
![Dr. White, Bombay Physician General](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DrWhite.jpg?h=450)
Dr. White, Bombay Physician General
DrWhite
![Miss Sarah Chambers](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sarah-Hamilton.jpg?h=450)
Miss Sarah Chambers
![Bombay beach and the Arabian Sea](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay-beach2.jpg?h=450)
Bombay beach and the Arabian Sea
![Konkon Coast of India](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Konkon-coast.jpg?h=450)
Konkon Coast of India
![Malshejghat in Pune (Poona)](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Malshejghat-Pune.jpg?h=450)
Malshejghat in Pune (Poona)
![hospital ward in Assaye](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hospital-ward.jpg?h=450)
hospital ward in Assaye
![Dr. Kshitij Ullas](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kshitij-Ullas.jpg?h=450)
Dr. Kshitij Ullas
![Sadhu, an Indian Holy Man](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sadhu-holy-man.png?h=450)
Sadhu, an Indian Holy Man
![Practitioners of Ayurveda medicine. Depiction of famed Indian physician Susruta performs surgery in an Ayurvedic hospital.](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sushruta-surgery.jpg?h=450)
Practitioners of Ayurveda medicine. Depiction of famed Indian physician Susruta performs surgery in an Ayurvedic hospital.
![Very advanced instruments in this pre-1st century text](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/susruta-surgical.jpg?h=450)
Very advanced instruments in this pre-1st century text
![Ayurvedic textbooks dating to the 2nd Century, Sanskrit Vedic texts](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ayurvedic-textbooks.jpg?h=450)
Ayurvedic textbooks dating to the 2nd Century, Sanskrit Vedic texts
![Ayurvedic plaque, and chart of Ayurvedic humors](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ayurvedic-medicine.jpg?h=450)
Ayurvedic plaque, and chart of Ayurvedic humors
![Dhanvantari, god of Ayurveda](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ayurveda-god-Dhanvantari.jpg?h=450)
Dhanvantari, god of Ayurveda
![Kama Sutra, a Vedic sacred text written as early as 400 BC, as a guide to virtuous and gracious living](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kama-Sutra.jpg?h=450)
Kama Sutra, a Vedic sacred text written as early as 400 BC, as a guide to virtuous and gracious living
!["Micrographia" by Robert Hooke, 1664 publication on microscopic organisms](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Micrographia-1664.jpg?h=450)
"Micrographia" by Robert Hooke, 1664 publication on microscopic organisms
![Antonio van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) designer of first microscope](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/van-leeuwenhoek.jpg?h=450)
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) designer of first microscope
![Microscopes, late 18th century models](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/microscopes.jpg?h=450)
Microscopes, late 18th century models
microscopes
!["The Botanic Garden" by Erasmus Darwin, 1791](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Botanic-Garden-EDarwin.jpg?h=450)
"The Botanic Garden" by Erasmus Darwin, 1791
!["Art of Surgery" by Dr. Daniel Turner, 1722](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/art-surgery-Turner.jpg?h=450)
"Art of Surgery" by Dr. Daniel Turner, 1722
![Georg Ernst Stahl (1659-1734) German chemist & physician](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Georg-Ernst-Stahl.jpg?h=450)
Georg Ernst Stahl (1659-1734) German chemist & physician
![Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch, founder of clinical teaching & modern academic hospital](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Boerhaave-medica.jpg?h=450)
Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch, founder of clinical teaching & modern academic hospital
![Hornsby Vellard, a road (thin strip to left) connecting Bombay and Mazagaon islands](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hornsby-Vellard.jpg?h=450)
Hornsby Vellard, a road (thin strip to left) connecting Bombay and Mazagaon islands
![Mazagaon (Mazagon) 1790 painting](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mazagaon1790.jpg?h=450)
Mazagaon (Mazagon) 1790 painting
Mazagaon1790
![Mazagaon mangos](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mazagaon-mango.jpg?h=450)
Mazagaon mangos
![Mazagaon Hill with view of Bombay](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bombay-fromMazagaon.jpg?h=450)
Mazagaon Hill with view of Bombay
![Henry's, an English style pub in Bombay](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Henrys-pub-sign.jpg?h=450)
Henry's, an English style pub in Bombay
![interior of Henry's Pub](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Henrys-Pub.jpg?h=450)
interior of Henry's Pub
![Khandesh landscape along the river](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Khandesh-river-landscape.jpg?h=450)
Khandesh landscape along the river
![beach in Daman](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Daman-beach.jpg?h=450)
beach in Daman
![Indian tanga](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tanga.jpg?h=450)
Indian tanga
tanga
![Haveli: a private mansion with historic or architectural significance](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/haveli-exterior.jpg?h=450)
Haveli: a private mansion with historic or architectural significance
![Haveli residence of Sardar Panday in Kalyan](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Piramal-Haveli.jpg?h=450)
Haveli residence of Sardar Panday in Kalyan
![Haveli courtyard](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/haveli-courtyard.jpg?h=450)
Haveli courtyard
![Haveli interior porch](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Havali-porch.jpg?h=450)
Haveli interior porch
![Ullhas River flows between Thane and Kalyan](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Thane-river.jpg?h=450)
Ullhas River flows between Thane and Kalyan
![Namaste, the traditional Indian greeting of respect and honor](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/namaste.jpg?h=450)
Namaste, the traditional Indian greeting of respect and honor
namaste
![Sardar Pandey Dhamdhere](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sardar.jpg?h=450)
Sardar Pandey Dhamdhere
Sardar
![Indian swords & shield](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Indian-weapons1.jpg?h=450)
Indian swords & shield
![Indian swords & daggar](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Indian-weapons2.jpg?h=450)
Indian swords & daggar
![1830 troupe of Indian dancers and musicians](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Indian-Dancers-1830.jpg?h=450)
1830 troupe of Indian dancers and musicians
![Indian women dancing](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/indian-dancers.jpg?h=450)
Indian women dancing
![Jharna Dhamdhere Ullas](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jharna-Dhamdhere-Ullas.jpg?h=450)
Jharna Dhamdhere Ullas
![Ullas children: Sasi, 1 year and Nimesh, 4 years](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ullas-boys-youngest.jpg?h=450)
Ullas children: Sasi, 1 year and Nimesh, 4 years
![Lady Ruby Thomason](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lady-Ruby-Thomason.jpg?h=450)
Lady Ruby Thomason
![Haveli leisure chamber](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/indian-palace.jpg?h=450)
Haveli leisure chamber
![Sawai Madhav Rao II court in Poona, the Peshwa of Maratha Empire 1774-1795](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sawai-Madhavrao-II-court-Poona.jpg?h=450)
Sawai Madhav Rao II court in Poona, the Peshwa of Maratha Empire 1774-1795
![Madhav Rao II, Peshwa](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Peshwa-madhavrao-II.jpg?h=450)
Madhav Rao II, Peshwa
![Peshwa Madhav Rao II, a 1792 painting by James Wales](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Peshwa-1792.jpg?h=450)
Peshwa Madhav Rao II, a 1792 painting by James Wales
![George Darcy's bedchamber while staying at the Haveli](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/haveli-bedroom.jpg?h=450)
George Darcy's bedchamber while staying at the Haveli
![Haveli corridor between bedchambers](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/haveli-hallway.jpg?h=450)
Haveli corridor between bedchambers
![Special gifts for Ruby from George](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/locket-hair-Ruby.jpg?h=450)
Special gifts for Ruby from George
![His Grace, the Duke of Larent](https://i0.wp.com/sharonlathanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Duke-Larent.jpg?h=450)
His Grace, the Duke of Larent