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Léonie has to give up her beloved breeches and wear a dress.

What kind of dress would that be?

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2020-12-14



Which year is “These Old Shades” set in?

Most sources say the novel is set around 1750.

Our hints so far: Léon mentions his parents died from the plague. A mayor outbreak in France was from 1720-1722.
Did GH use a fiction plague?

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2020-11-23

leaked photo of dalong finding out about this: https://t.co/tbVv0LYmrH

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2020-11-08

Finally time for my !!!

I've already read it so I'm going to pick some of my favorite lines and cry over my favorite disaster emir 🥲💖

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2020-10-12

Day 40 of The Stone of Destiny readalong
Though we never meet Nicnevan, her presence is felt throughout the book. She's the "big bad" that pulls the strings.
Or is she?
You'll need to read The Cauldron of Life to find out!

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2020-09-12

Day 23 of The Stone of Destiny readalong
I knew I needed some antagonists in the story but wanted to avoid the whole Scottish-English rivalry. Instead, I used the vikings for inspiration, then I crossed that with the aztecs to create the Avalogians.

2 6
2020-08-27


The gentlemen rush to join a game of spillikins with Louisa’s kids
Spillikins is generally known as Mikado in Europe, as Jackstraws in the USA, and as Jonchets in France
(set from ca 1820 top/right)

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2020-08-23

Day 5 of The Stone of Destiny readalong
Meet our heroine, Ailsa MacAra

Here are some ref pictures I used for her character
Alexandra Daddario was my face claim for Ailsa
This picture of a girl called Lexxie Harford inspired her birth mark
Costume concept art by Eve Ventrue

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2020-08-07

Sadly, this was a common occurrence of the coast of Yarmouth as we are surrounded by offshore sandbanks making the journey of incoming ships very difficult especially in bad weather.
W. Joy captures this danger is his painting, Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier.

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2020-07-27

We get a rapid rush through Dickens’ greatest hits:
Hard Times
Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
and
David Copperfield.

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2020-07-27

That’s ! Dickens first stayed at The Angel in 1835. Mr Pickwick and his manservant Sam stayed here on the trail of Alfred Jingle in The Pickwick Papers. Image: Mr Pickwick on the Ice by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

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2020-07-26

HEY HEY! Monthly File Dump is now live!
https://t.co/uI8ax1s7gm

Available at tier starting at $10. Hey, with all that latex rendering, could learn something new and see new stuff on the way! plushelpanottoutwithsomefoodalongtheway

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2020-07-02

Sugeng tanggap warsa, Dalong!

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2020-06-26

It's Monday or Thursday or something, which means it must be time for another Tolkienblog. Part 4 of my readalong features awkward orcs and entertaining ents. https://t.co/RJSbV8xknU (Art by John Howe and .)

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2020-06-22


Jessamy and Alverstoke use the Phaeton to chase the balloon
A phaeton was the Porsche of the late 18th century. The most impressive one was the high flyer. The mail and spider phaetons were more conservatively constructed.

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2020-05-31


Women were “somehow” written out of the history of ballooning, but they had their share in it Their solo flights astounded their male counterparts
https://t.co/4DYAc5TMtU

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2020-05-31


From here, I prose like Lord Buxted about the History of ballooning

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2020-05-31