Multiple sources of research supported this novel. Although the search went far and wide for several decades, including two trips to Vienna, the sources below comprised the majority of the research.
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Brohaugh, William, English Through the Ages, From Old English to modern-day slang, a word-by-word birth record of thousands of interesting words; 1998
Carson, Jane, Travelers in Tidewater Virginia, 1700-1800
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Dizikes, John, Opera in America – A Cultural History; 1993
Downing, Sarah Jane, Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, Political Repression in 19th Century Europe; 1983
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Musulin, Stella, Vienna in the Age of Metternich – From Napoleon to Revolution 1805-1848; 1975
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ONLINE
www.americanforeignrelations.com
Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library
VIDEO
Greenberg, Ph.D., Robert, How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition.
PBS’ Napoleon – Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman
