The author Robin Maugham , who visited the Island as a young man , and in the mid-1970s , considered the unique beauty and harmony of the villa had become compromised after de Mauny 's death by partitioning and the loss of his furniture and fittings , and that the area itself had been despoiled by the construction of a new road along the mainland beach . Since then , and particularly after the 2004 tsunami , significant development of the adjoining mainland village has occurred
2004 tsunami ,
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Maurice Talvande, Count de Mauny Talvande