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circumstance, Clemency, discovery, exploration, research, ship, truth
The research for developing the back story of Charles Turner’s shipwreck Clemency is described for the reader in chapter seven of the book. Here, our lead characters and the reader are openly exposed to the facts surrounding the demise of the ship, and the conditions under which the operation is about to take place. I haven’t hidden anything. Why? Because I believe that there is a difference between research and discovery; between fact and circumstance. One can spend all the time they want researching what a Liberty ship looks like, and make all the plans they wish for dissecting it. But to be in its presence is a completely different matter.