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====Prologue: Hounds to Scent==== | ====[[The Hounds of Winter, Prologue: Hounds to Scent|Prologue: Hounds to Scent]]==== | ||
====Chapter One: Hounds Cast==== | *Colonel Fleming | ||
*The Digoenes Club | |||
*[[Josephine Gabrielle Arceneaux]] | |||
*Quentin Michael Humberstone | |||
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====[[The Hounds of Winter, Chapter One: Hounds Cast |Chapter One: Hounds Cast]]==== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station A detailed wiki article of St. Pancras Railway station.] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station A detailed wiki article of St. Pancras Railway station.] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel An article on the modern Midland Grand, renamed St. Pancras Renaissance.] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel An article on the modern Midland Grand, renamed St. Pancras Renaissance.] | ||
**[http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras There are more pictures here with great captions.] | **[http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras There are more pictures here with great captions.] | ||
**[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9407000/9407385.stm 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. | **[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9407000/9407385.stm 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. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bucharest University of Bucharest] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_P%C4%83nculescu_(engineer) Gheorghe Panculescu] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_P%C4%83nculescu_(engineer) Gheorghe Panculescu] | ||
**[http://www.ziarulprahova.ro/stiri/cultura/81756/legenda-si-adevar And here, though translation is needed.] | **[http://www.ziarulprahova.ro/stiri/cultura/81756/legenda-si-adevar And here, though translation is needed.] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose] commonly called Gun Cotton. | |||
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vieille Paul Vieille], Developer of Smokeless Gunpowder, produced with Nitrocellulose. | |||
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====[[The Hounds of Winter, Chapter Two: Initial Engagements|Chapter Two: Initial Engagements]]==== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont], Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator. | |||
*Russian Hussar, name as yet unknown | |||
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====[[The Hounds of Winter, Chapter Three: A Cautious Waltz|Chapter Three: A Cautious Waltz]]==== | |||
*[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. | |||
*Rodika, a professional woman possessing useful skills and information | |||
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====[[The Hounds of Winter, Chapter Four: Train of Events|Chapter Four: Train of Events]]==== | |||
*Russian Hussar, from Paris, as seen in [[The Hounds of Winter, Chapter Two: Initial Engagements|Chapter Two: Initial Engagements]], name as yet unknown<br> | |||
*Friedrich Piefke, a Prussian Agent, possibly tasked to follow Josephine and Quentin or Panculescu<br> | |||
Latest revision as of 17:35, 18 January 2014
Prologue: Hounds to Scent[edit]
- Colonel Fleming
- The Digoenes Club
- Josephine Gabrielle Arceneaux
- Quentin Michael Humberstone
Chapter One: Hounds Cast[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator.
- Russian Hussar, name as yet unknown
Chapter Three: A Cautious Waltz[edit]
- 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.
- Rodika, a professional woman possessing useful skills and information
Chapter Four: Train of Events[edit]
- Russian Hussar, from Paris, as seen in Chapter Two: Initial Engagements, name as yet unknown
- Friedrich Piefke, a Prussian Agent, possibly tasked to follow Josephine and Quentin or Panculescu
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