Next Life: Hotel Heavy
Reverend Giles Horrox | |
Novel | |
Appears | The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing |
Relationships | Mrs. Horrox, wife |
Film | |
Appears | Adam's Journal |
Actor | Hugh Grant |
Relationships | Madame Horrox, wife |
Character |
Giles Horrox is two characters with similar attitudes.
In the novel, Horrox is a missionary who has subjugated as arguably enslaved Pacific Islanders on Raiatea. He enters into an arrangement with Captain Molyneux for Molyneux to transport the products of his plantations to market in California.
In the film, Horrox signs a contract with Adam Ewing, acting on behalf of his father-in-law, Haskell Moore