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| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont], Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator. | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont], Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator. |
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| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Imperial Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austria]. Strictly speaking, the Hotel Imperial was orginally built as a city palace and was not converted into a hotel until 1873, but that date has been moved up for fictional purposes. | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 14 July 2013
Contents
Prologue: Hounds to Scent
- Colonel Fleming
- The Digoenes Club
- Josephine Gabrielle Arceneaux
- Quentin Michael Humberstone
Chapter One: Hounds Cast
- A detailed wiki article of St. Pancras Railway station.
- An article on the modern Midland Grand, renamed St. Pancras Renaissance.
- There are more pictures here with great captions.
- Yet more pictures. Of special note in the photo gallery is the Midland Grand Hotel's Ladies' Smoking Room, reputed the first in Europe where a woman could smoke and not be considered vulgar. There is also mention of a Moroccan Tea Room to the left of the Grand Staircase stairwell, too.
- University of Bucharest
- Gheorghe Panculescu
- Nitrocellulose commonly called Gun Cotton.
- Paul Vieille, Developer of Smokeless Gunpowder, produced with Nitrocellulose.
Chapter Two: Initial Engagements
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator.
=Chapter Three: A Cautious Waltz
- Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austria. Strictly speaking, the Hotel Imperial was orginally built as a city palace and was not converted into a hotel until 1873, but that date has been moved up for fictional purposes.
Return to Victoriana: Gathering Storms, An Abbreviated Almanac
Return to The Story Thus Far
Return to Gathering Storms Main Page
Return to Victoriana Campaign Index
Return to Dr. Penguin's Iceberg
