Misjudged in a Stormy German Christmas Scene
A tense Christmas Eve in Dresden follows Hilda and Aunt Polly as they contend with homesickness, social pressures, and a distant painter's attentions. Hilda battles pride and longing, while Aunt Polly navigates expense and family stakes amid wind, rain, and festive bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aida
Bey
Wis Tach
Hilda
Frau Pally
Herr Jussnitz
Filda
Aunt Polly
Mida
Ann Polly
Tilia
Tassius
Sibyllenburgers
Saul
Maud
Storlienburg
Sibyllenberg
Sultan's Harem Secrets Revealed in George Dorys Book
A New York Sun account summarizes somber details from The Private Life of the Sultan by George Dorys. It describes Abdul Hamid I’s harem as a guarded world where girls are trained for the sultan’s pleasure, with rivals and favorites shaping a brutal hierarchy within the imperial seraglio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dorys
Abdul Hamid I
Europe
M. Borys
Constantinople
Paris
Prince of Samas
Hag
Abdul Homi
Yiston Tr
Scraglio
Uyelyarbon
Erin
Roymeliot
Puace Updey
Yeasirdji Bachi
Arnayel Reusnes
Tne
Gravesy Teusse
Een
Olten
Tod
Avery
Vhes
Che Qese
Abo
Furger Avery
Calidus
Tyes
le Portent
Pernilttel
Abdul Hamid
Dapceras
Srave
Meste Alem
Zekkie
Proncess Palace
Meste
Alem
Yitdiz
Meste Alen
Tremblius
Ikbal
Kaine
Yas
Plume
Yali
Vhs
Oxibe
Garda
Abdul Mumid
Gadline
Audulamit
Meéjid
Abdul Azim
Seraglio
Abdul Gan Aghé
Dlaelpine
New York Sun
Galoshes and a Wagner visit save Bayreuth tale
A messy 14th century Bayreuth item recounts Wagner visiting on December 14 1371 aided by a royal introduction. A mislaid pair of galoshes and Cosima humor briefly influence plans for a new theater. The episode ends with Bayreuth keeping Wagner in the town’s prologue to a future opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayreuth
Wagner
Ladwie II
Penstel
Adelina Patti
Gaiseppe Gall
Stuckberg
Rose
Switzerland
Feustel
Herr Muncker
Fewster
Ami
Cosima
Thut
Cosima Wanene
Art
Burgerruth
Thia
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Himburg
Wey
Ate pasovrs-Ly
Polly
Jassaita
Lda
Hildegarde von Sweidorff
Escphe
Hilla
Sean
Lue
Leo
Dresden
Tilda
Aunt Poly
Gem
Gracralx
Hildy
Aunt Toby
Sante Claus
Altwedel
Christimas
Ian
Sue
Nerger
Sue Gald Hettalond
Harvard
Sultan’s
Aboul Hamid
Abdul
Sultan
Goloshes
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