Zeppelins are always a great hook for me, ever since Ada. Tha Zeppelin is a homage to my friend expectare, who loves them. She also loves penguins, so it really should have been a zeppelin full of penguins, but then, we don't know it's not.
Beauxbatons is such a ptretty name! I'm sorry it's canonical, I thought at first that you invented it. The fact that Italy has no school of magic to compare to Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will become a central plot point in future stories.
Important points: is Alberico Minister for all Italy or just Turin? All of Italy. What if any is the Attansio family connection with the House Of Savoy? Quite close, but they were in that part of Piedmont (Montferrat) before the Savoys came. With American SF wrtter AA Attansio? None. this is the first time I heard of him.
What the hell is the family name of the Savoyard dynasty anyway? Just Savoy. The branch who became kings of Italy in 1861 was called Savoy-Carignan. If the Duke of Aosta (1918) was a six foot giant why was his royal cousin such a shrimp? Not just six foot - six foot six (one metre ninety-eight) and a war hero besides. An amazing man. And it happens. In fact, the House of Savoy-Carignan was apt to produce types so different from each other as to lead many people to suspect the Savoy-Carignan ladies of wandering.
Why do I read fanfiction just as my AM tea is beginning to kick in? Sounds like I may have done something right.
Re: Attanasios, wizards extraordinaire
Tha Zeppelin is a homage to my friend
Beauxbatons is such a ptretty name! I'm sorry it's canonical, I thought at first that you invented it.
The fact that Italy has no school of magic to compare to Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will become a central plot point in future stories.
Important points: is Alberico Minister for all Italy or just Turin?
All of Italy.
What if any is the Attansio family connection with the House Of Savoy?
Quite close, but they were in that part of Piedmont (Montferrat) before the Savoys came.
With American SF wrtter AA Attansio?
None. this is the first time I heard of him.
What the hell is the family name of the Savoyard dynasty anyway?
Just Savoy. The branch who became kings of Italy in 1861 was called Savoy-Carignan.
If the Duke of Aosta (1918) was a six foot giant why was his royal cousin such a shrimp?
Not just six foot - six foot six (one metre ninety-eight) and a war hero besides. An amazing man. And it happens. In fact, the House of Savoy-Carignan was apt to produce types so different from each other as to lead many people to suspect the Savoy-Carignan ladies of wandering.
Why do I read fanfiction just as my AM tea is beginning to kick in?
Sounds like I may have done something right.