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Lady Neferankh
Novel: 1785, Vienna
Genre: Historical Fiction
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About Lady Neferankh

Location: North America

Age:252

Favorite novels: My favorite genres tend to be historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction. Classic British, American or French literature from the 18-19th centuries.

Favorite writers: Not sure--I like Charles Dickens,Jane Austen,Isaac Asimov,Henry Kutner,Michael Ende, C.S. Lewis--and countless others!

Favorite music: Baroque,Classical, Romantic. This includes both purely instrumental and opera music ! :D . The latter is especially suiting given my current project. I can sometimes be caught listening to Christian Pop as well, and still retain a soft spot for Disney Soundtracks.

Non-noveling interests: Ancient Egypt,World History in general. Wildlife conservation and being more environmentally friendly.I have a cat and black labrador (both spoiled rotten). I like running, and when I get the chance swimming or horseback riding as well. Classic movies from the 1920's-60's (Yes, including silent ones! ) .

Joined: October 1, 2006

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'06 '08

NaNoWriMo posts: 53

NaNoWriMo buddies: 15

 

Brief Author Bio:

Future egyptologist, collegiate homeschooler and aspiring authoress ;) !

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Synopsis: 1785, Vienna

Three separate lives become inextricably entwined in mysterious figures, courtly intrigues, and romance in late 18th century Vienna:

Angelica, an aspiring opera singer, who having been rewarded for her services as a spy in the American Revolution, decides to spend her new-found wealth to study music in Vienna. After a series of misfortunes, she meets up with an old wartime comrade, a French officer, who has uncovered a plot concocted by some of Louis XV's old courtiers, who covet influence and plan to seize it via a new mistress for the king of France. She is supposed to help discover who this mysterious woman is and put a stop to it...

Lorenzo, a struggling young castrato working in one of Vienna's second tier opera houses, finds himself alternately educating an "unpolished" young lady in the finer arts, and embroiled in a spy ring, with orders to keep an eye out for young women who are possibly being groomed to become the king's next mistress in a plot to secure the monarch's favour. What he first considered as a great way to make extra money, quickly grows to be more than he bargained for...

Sarah-Teresa, a strikingly pretty Italian girl, is whisked off to Vienna by two vacationing high-society gentleman and transformed into an elegant and refined lady back in the city. It seems as if her dreams have come true; handsome noblemen falling madly in love with her, exquisite gowns, fancy parties and dinners, but perhaps all of this effort is not without a purpose...

In the whirl of Vienna, Austria, in the year 1785, these lives and many others will not only become entwined, but entangled in the closely woven threads of fate.
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Summary the product of a collaboration between Lady Neferankh and Olde Fashioned (olde_fashioned.livejournal.com) Many thanks for your help olde fashioned! :D

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