Byrd Nash
Being a fantasy world, loosely based upon our own, the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐚. The city of Alenbonné is a combination of a fantasy Paris and Amsterdam around the turn of the century.
For Anglophiles, this is Late Victorian merging into the Edwardian period. Think Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, and Dickens.
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 in industry, science, medicine, and the role of women, but still holds that allure of old-fashioned manners.
Tristan Fontaine and his peers represent the old world; Elinor Chalamet and her companions the new.
For Anglophiles, this is Late Victorian merging into the Edwardian period. Think Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, and Dickens.
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 in industry, science, medicine, and the role of women, but still holds that allure of old-fashioned manners.
Tristan Fontaine and his peers represent the old world; Elinor Chalamet and her companions the new.
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