Falkenstein Chronology 1873


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    Ramadan for the Islamic year 1289 begins this day.

    Meanwhile, near French Indo-China (at Pointe de Camau), the tugboat La Serena is intercepted by a French revenue cutter, and taken to Saigon over Ostrowsky's protests.

    Meanwhile, Lady Ashburton-Parkes has been arranging accomodation for her tiger cubs (no longer quite so small), her honey bear, and her "toucan." She travels to Holdernesse Hall, the estate of the Duke of Holdernesse, on the Yorkshire coast. There, she participates in arcane and boring Illuminati rituals. There is much discussion of the importance of the Osman Documents.

   "As entertainment, it takes some beating ..."

 

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