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Avon played a role in the events of ‘45
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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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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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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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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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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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From here, I prose like Lord Buxted about the History of ballooning
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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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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.