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Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Even... read more
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Characters edit
- Lady Alexia Maccon: The novel's protagonist, a preternatural. She is married to Lord Conall Maccon and she has one daughter, Prudence.
- Lord Conall Maccon: Alpha werewolf and husband to Alexia
- Mr. Floote: Alexia's butler since she was a baby. He also worked for her father.
- Randolph Lyall: Professor Lyall is Beta werewolf in Lord Maccon's pack. Known as Dolly to Lord Akeldama
- Biffy (Mr. Rabiffano): Newest werewolf to Lord Maccon's pack. He was a drone to the vampire Lord Akeldama.
- Lord Akeldama: A vampire who adopted Lord and Lady Maccon's daughter Prudence.
- Mrs. Ivy Tunstell: Lady Maccon's best friend, and leading lady in an acting troupe. She is the mother of twins.
- Mr. Tunstell: Ivy's husband and an actor. He was formerly a claviger for Lord Maccon's pack.
- Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama: Lord and Lady Maccon's daughter and a metanatural. She is also the adopted daughter of Lord Akeldama.
- Madame Genevieve Lefoux: Inventor and member of the Order of the Brass Octopus and a drone to the Woolsey Hive.
- Matakara Kenemetamen: Vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive in Egypt. She summons Alexia and her daughter to visit her.
- Percival (Percy): Ivy Tunstell's infant son.
- Baby Primrose: Ivy Tunstell's infant daughter.
- Sidheag Maccon (Lady Kingair): Alpha of the Kingair pack; Great-great-great-granddaughter of Lord Maccon
- Mr. Dubh: Beta of the Kingair pack.
- Countess Nadasdy: Queen of the Woolsey hive of vampires.
- Neshi: Serves the Vampire Queen of Egypt.
- Mrs. Colindrikal-Bumbcruncher: Alexia's neighbors.
- Mr. Colindrikal-Bumbcruncher: Alexia's neighbor.
- Mr. Tumtrinkle: Actor in Ivy's troupe.
- Gustave Trouvé: French inventor and colleague of Madame Lefoux's
- Major Channing: Channing Channing of the Chesterfield Channings; Gamma of Lord Maccon's pack
- Mabel Dair: Actress and drone of Countess Nadasdy
- Felicity Loontwill: Lady Macon's half-sister
- Mrs. Dawaud-Plonk: Ivy's nursemaid
- Alessandro Tarabotti: Alexia's late father. Known as Sandy to Professor Lyall.
Quotes edit
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“Ooh, ooh, ooh!" Ivy was practically bouncing in excitement over some kind of revelation. "I had a thought," she said, examining the edge of the wooden stake with interest. "Oh, yes?" encouraged Alexia loudly. Ivy stopped and frowned, her pert little face creased in worry. "I said I had one. It appears to have vanished.”
Mrs. Ivy Tunstell, Lady Alexia Maccon
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"I said no such thing," grumbled Lord Maccon, allowing himself, begrudgingly, to be trussed in a new evening jacket.
Table of Contents edit
1. In Which There Is Almost a Bath and Definitely a Trip to the Theater
2. Wherein Mrs. Colindrikal-Bumbcruncher Does Not Buy a Hat
3. In Which Lord Maccon Wears a Brocade Shawl
4. Several Unexpected Occurrences and Tea
5. Under Cover of Thespians
6. In Which the Parasol Protectorate Acquires a New Member
7. Biffy Encounters a Most Unsatisfactory Parasol
8. Alexia Makes an Unexpectedly Damp Discovery
9. Biffy Experiments with Flirting and Felicity
10. Wherein Our Intrepid Travelers Ride Donkeys
11. In Which Prudence Discovers Sentences
12. Wherein Alexia and Ivy Meet a Man with a Beard
13. In Which Idle Letters Waste Lives
14. In Which Alexia Loans Mr. Tumtrinkle Her Gun
15. In Which We Learn Why Werewolves Don't Float
16. The Curative Properties of Nile Bathing
17. A Gastropod Among Us
18. The Truth Behind The Octopus
19. How to Retire to the Countryside
20. In Which Times Shift
Glossary edit
- Preternatural: A individual without a soul who is able to remove the paranormal abilities from any supernatural creature while in physical contact with the entity.
- Metanatural: An individual who can steal a supernatural creature's paranormal abilities for twenty-four powers leaving the supernatural creature mortal.
- Claviger: Human servants to werewolves.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 5 in The Parasol Protectorate. (standard series)
Preceded by Heartless.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gail Carriger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orbit
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 1, 2012
ISBN: 978-0316127189
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Orbit
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 1, 2012
ISBN: 978-0316127189
Page Count: 416
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Amazon.com: The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature Jeff VanderMeer (Author) S. J. Chambers (Author)
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