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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


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


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


Happy Harry: He can go to Jackson’s boxing academy, No. 13 Bond Street!

“Gentleman” John Jackson taught a scientific style of boxing three times a week during the London Season. Read more: https://t.co/VOHBiovG1m

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2020-05-25


Maybe Jessamy learned riding the Pedestrian Curricle at Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School in the Strand, Westminster.
Denis Johnson purchased a draisienne and patented an improved model in 1818.

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2020-05-24