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Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off,... read more
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Summary edit
After quite a number of attacks and left without protection from both the vampires and werewolves, Alexia decides it is time she quit London in search of proof that her "delicate condition" is in fact Lord Maccon's fault. There is no price too high for Alexia to pay to prove the intolerable... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Lady Alexia Maccon: Preternatural, former Muhjah to Queen Victoria, carrier of eccentric parasols.
- Madame Genevieve Lefoux: Brilliant French inventor with a penchant for wearing gentleman's clothing.
- Floote: Alexia's personal secretary and librarian who formerly served as the Loontwills' butler before her marriage to Lord Maccon and served Alexia's father before that. He is notoriously secretive and vague when it comes to anything involving his service to the family, most especially Alexia's late father (another soulless).
- Lord Conall Maccon: Alpha of the Woolsey Pack, chief sundowner of BUR, and husband to Alexia.
- Professor Randolph Lyall: The impeccably dressed and unwaveringly polite Beta of the Woolsey pack.
- Lord Akeldama: Flamboyant, socially-connected vampire and close friend to Alexia.
- Biffy: Lord Akeldama's favorite drone.
- Ivy Tunstell: Nee Hisslepenny, Alexia's oldest friend and wearer of peculiar hats.
- Ormond Tunstell: Former claviger to the Woolsey pack, now full-time actor.
- Major Channing Channing: Of the Chesterfield Channings, Gamma of the Woolsey pack.
- Gustave Trouvé: French inventor, member of the Order of the Brass Octopus, and Madame Lefoux's friend. Lady bug inventor, beware the bug!
- Monsieur Lange-Wilsdorf: German scientist and member of the Order of the Brass Octopus living in Nice, France. He is an expert on preternaturals.
- The Preceptor: Leader of the Templars in Florence and is responsible for upholding the Templar's tradition.
- Lady Loontwill: Alexia's mother who enjoys shopping. Concerned way too much with what society believes is acceptable and/or proper. Not to be considered a caring or compassionate mother to Alexia.
- Evylin Loontwill: Half-sister to Alexia and not very bright when it comes to things besides shopping.
- Felicity Loontwill: Half-sister to Alexia and enjoys gossiping.
- Squire Loontwill: Alexia's step-father and tends to be controlled by his wife and daughters.
- Poche: Mr Lange-Wilsdorf's very annoying, very little dog who bites everything
- Lord Ambrose: Of the Westminster hive
- Quesnel: Madame Lefoux's adopted son
- Swilkins: The Loontwills' new butler
- Rumpet: Woolsey Manor's butler
- Adelphus Bluebutton: Lieutenant in the Woolsey Pack
- Lord Slaughter: Commander in chief of the Royal Lupine Guard and member of Queen Victoria's Shadow Council as the dewan.
Quotes edit
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“Let me understand this correctly. You are a werewolf with a keen interest in sheep breeding?”
Madame Lefoux -
“Acting the part of footman in tonight's French farce, she thought with a bubble of panicked hilarity, we have a homicidal mechanical ladybug.”
Alexia
Setting & Locations edit
This fantasy occurs within Victorian England, much of it in London.
- London: Site of the Woolsey Manor and Loontwills' home
- Paris: First city that Alexia Maccon and company visit after leaving England for Italy; home of Monsieur Trouvé
- Nice, France: Home of Monsieur Lange-Wilsdorf visited by Alexia Maccon and Genvieve Lefoux
- Florence, Italy: Home of the Templars
First Sentence edit
"How much longer, Mama, must we tolerate this gross humiliation?"
Table of Contents edit
1. Wherein the Misses Loontwill Cope with a Scandal in Their Midst
2. In Which Lord Maccon Is Likened to a Small Cucumber
3. Alexia Engages in Entomology
4. Tea and Insults
5. In Which Ivy Hisselpenny and Professor Lyall Are Given Too Much Responsibility
6. Under the Name Tarabotti
7. The Trouble with Vampires
8. Trial by Snuff, Kumquat, and Exorcism
9. How Not to Cross an Alpine Pass
10. In Which Alexia Meddles with Silent Italians
11. Wherein Alexia Encounters Both Pesto and a Mysterious Jar
12. The Great Scotch Egg Under the Thames
13. Picnicking with Templars
14. In Which the Infant-Inconvenience Becomes Considerably More Inconvenient
15. Ladybugs to the Rescue
16. On a Bridge Over the Arno and Other Romantic Misnomers
Glossary edit
- Preternatural: Person with no soul that can negate the supernatural abilities of vampires, werewolves etc
- Potentate: Vampire advisor to Queen Victoria; a rove
- Dewan: Werewolf advisor to Queen Victoria; a lone wolf
- Rove: Vampire unattached to a hive
- Claviger: Human helper to the werewolves.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in The Parasol Protectorate. (standard series)
Preceded by Changeless, and followed by Heartless.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gail Carriger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN: 0316074152
Page Count: 294
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN: 0316074152
Page Count: 294
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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