This map will pinpoint the actual locations referenced in the plot of Dinah Mulock Craik's The Half-Caste and that are connected to the issues raised in the novel regarding class, race, colonialism, and the British Empire.
Please add your contribution as you identify important locations in the novel yourself and/or as we collaboratively identify them in our class discussions.
The Somnath Temple, a Hindu shrine, was caught in a cycle of violence circa 1800 when The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins was published. The temple suffered several devastating attacks over many centuries. Many Muslim invaders defiled the shrine, most notably Mahmud of Ghazni in 1025-26, Allauddin Khilji in 1296, and Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1665. These invasions led to repeated destruction and construction between the Muslims and the Hindus that lasted for centuries.
This is my best guess at the location of the castle of Valperga.
"The castle of Valperga was situated on a rock, among the mountains that bound the pass through which the Serchio flows, and commanded the northern entrance to the Lucchese territory" (283).
Yorkshire is the largest county in England. Nestled between the North Sea and Pennine hills, the picturesque county rests South of River Trees and North of the Humber Estuary. Yorkshire spans seven cities: York, Ripon, Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, and Kingston upon Hull. However, at the time The Moonstone was written,York, Ripon, and Wakefield were the sole county regions recognized as cities.
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