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A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell Series #2)
by Deanna RaybournDeanna Raybourn
The "wickedly clever and devilishly amusing"* Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries.
London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task—saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if the real killer is not found.
But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed...
*SusanElia MacNeal
Veronica Speedwell Series , #2
Deanna Raybourn is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Lady Julia Grey series, currently in development for television, as well as the USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award nominated Veronica Speedwell Mysteries and several standalone works.
Ft. Worth, Texas
B.A. in English and History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1990
http://www.deannaraybourn.com
***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof***
London, September 1887
"For the love of all that is holy, Veronica, the object is to maim or kill, not tickle," Stoker informed me, clipping the words sharply as he handed me a knife. "Do it again."
I suppressed a sigh and took the knife, grasping it lightly as I had been taught. I faced the target, staring it down as if it were an approaching lion.
"You are thinking too much." Stoker folded his arms over the breadth of his chest and looked down his nose at me. "The entire purpose of this exercise is to train you to react, not to think. When your life is in danger, your body must know what to do, because there is no time for your mind to engage."
I turned to face him, not lowering the blade. "Might I remind you that I have, upon many and various occasions, been in mortal danger and I am still here."
"Anyone can get lucky," he said coldly. "And I suspect your continued survival owes itself to a combination of good fortune and sheer bloody-mindedness. You are too stubborn to die."
"You are a fine one to talk!" I retorted. "It is not as if that scar upon your face were a love bite from a kitten."
His lips tightened. I found it entertaining that such a hardened man of the world could have gained so much experience as scientist, explorer, natural historian, naval surgeon, and taxidermist and still let himself be nettled by a woman half his size. The thin, silvered scar that trailed from brow to jaw on one side of his face was not at all disfiguring. Quite the opposite, in fact. But it was a constant reminder of the failed Amazonian expedition that had destroyed his career and his marriage and nearly ended his life. It was not entirely sporting of me to mention it, but we had begun to pluck one another's nerves in recent days, and it had been his idea to train me in the combative arts as a way to exorcise our bad tempers. It almost worked, not least because I pretended to be entirely inexperienced in the matter. Men, I had often observed, were never happier than when they believed they were imparting wisdom.
Stoker had set up a target in the gardens of our friend and benefactor, Lord Rosemorran, and we had taken the afternoon off from our various duties in the Belvedere. Situated on the grounds of his lordship's Marylebone estate, Bishop's Folly, the Belvedere was a singularly extraordinary structure. It had been built as a sort of freestanding ballroom and storehouse for an eccentric Rosemorran ancestor, and it served our purposes beautifully. The Rosemorrans were tireless collectors and had stuffed their London mansion, Scottish shooting box, and Cornish country seat clear to the rafters with treasures of every description. Art, artifacts, natural history specimens, mementos—all of them had found their way into the grasping, aristocratic hands of the Rosemorrans. After four generations of acquisition, the present earl had decided the time had come to assemble a formal and permanent exhibition, and Stoker and I had been given the task of establishing the museum. The fact that we were somewhat qualified to undertake such a feat—and recently homeless as well as in need of employment—had spurred the earl to make the thing official. The first order of business ought to have been a thorough inventory of all the Rosemorrans had acquired. It would be tiresome, backbreaking, tedious work, but necessary. Before the first display cabinet was built, before the first exhibit could be sketched or the first tag penned, we must have a complete accounting of what we had to work with.
So naturally we planned a trip instead. We had spent all of July and August of that year charting an expedition to the South Pacific, poring over maps and happily debating the relative merits of each location with regard to my interest in butterflies and Stoker's rather less elevated interest in shooting things.
"I do not shoot things for my own pleasure," he had argued indignantly. "I only collect specimens for the purposes of scientific study."
"That must be some consolation to the corpses," I returned sweetly.
"You do not hold the moral high ground there, my little assassin. I have watched you kill butterflies by the hundreds with just a pinch of your fingers."
"Well, I could pin them first, but I am not an enthusiast of torture."
"You might have fooled me," he muttered. I passed off that bit of ill humor for what it was—sulking over the fact that our patron had sided with me in choosing the Fijian islands for our expedition. The location was a veritable paradise for a lepidopterist but offered little excitement for a student of Mammalia.
"Don't grumble. The Fijian islands are rich with specimens for you to study," I told Stoker with more kindness than veracity.
He fixed me with a cold look. "I have been to Fiji," he informed me. "There are bats and whales. Do you know who is interested in bats and whales? Precisely no one."
I waved a hand. "Feathers. The Fijians boast a very nice little fruit bat you might enjoy."
What he said next does not bear repeating in a polite memoir, but I replied casually that Lord Rosemorran had mentioned calling in at Sarawak as long as we were in that part of the world. Unlike Fiji, this destination would afford Stoker everything from panthers to pangolins for study.
He brightened considerably at this, and by the time our preparations were concluded, any casual observer might have been forgiven for thinking the destination had been his idea from the first. He threw himself into the planning with enthusiasm, arranging everything to his satisfaction—arrangements I quietly reworked to my satisfaction. The travel documents were in order, the trunks were packed, and a fever of anticipation settled over Bishop's Folly. All that remained was to depart, and Lord Rosemorran made a protracted leave-taking of his home, his children, his sister, his staff, and his beloved pets. It was the last that was to prove our downfall.
Returning from one last walk in the gardens where he housed his snail collection, his lordship managed to trip over his giant tortoise, Patricia, a tremendous creature who shambled about the grounds so slowly she was often mistaken for dead. How Lord Rosemorran managed to trip over an animal whose nearest relation was a boulder mystified me entirely, but the cause was not the concern. It was the effect which proved devastating. His lordship sustained a compound fracture of the thigh, a painful and thoroughly disgusting injury which Stoker assured me would take many months to heal. His experience as a naval surgeon's mate had qualified him to take one look at the protruding bone and turn to me with instructions to see to the unpacking. The Rosemorran–Speedwell–Templeton-Vane expedition was officially canceled.
Whilst Stoker was extremely useful in a crisis, his medical expertise was soon usurped by that of his lordship's own physicians and we were left cooling our heels in the Belvedere, sniping at one another in our frustration. We had each of us hoped to be shipboard once more, sea breezes blowing away the stultifying air of England as tropical climes beckoned with balmy winds and star-blazoned skies. Instead we were cooped up like hapless chickens nesting on our disappointed hopes. Even the opportunity to clear out the Belvedere did not entirely restore our good humor, although I should point out that Stoker's fit of pique lasted far longer than mine. But then, in my experience, gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn't call the behavior by that name. It was in such a state of heightened irritation that he—mindful of our previous perilous encounters—took it upon himself to instruct me in the defensive arts.
"Splendid idea," I had replied enthusiastically. "What shall we shoot?"
"I am not giving you a firearm," he told me in a tone of flat refusal. "I do not like them. They are noisy, unreliable, and can be taken away and used against you."
"So can a knife," I grumbled.
He pretended not to hear as he extracted the blade he regularly carried in his boot. He erected a target—an old tailor's dummy unearthed from the Belvedere—and set about teaching me with maddening condescension how to murder it.
"It is one smooth motion, Veronica," he said for the hundredth time. "Keep your wrist straight, and think of the knife as an extension of your arm."
"That is a singularly useless piece of instruction," I informed him, affecting a casual air as the knife bounced off the dummy's groin and flopped to the grass.
Stoker retrieved it. "Try again," he ordered.
I threw again, skimming the dummy's head as Stoker explained the desirability of various targets. "The neck is nice and soft, but also narrow and unreliable. If you really want to hinder a man, throw for his thigh. A good hit to the meat of his leg will slow him down, and if you happen to nick the femoral artery, you will stop him for good. You could try for the stomach, but if he is a stout fellow, it will merely lodge in his fat and make him angry."
He proceeded to lecture me for the next hour, about what I cannot say, for as I flung the knife with varying degrees of effort and success, I had leisure to be alone with my own thoughts.
"Veronica," he said at last as the knife sailed past the dummy altogether. "What the bollocking hell was that?" He fetched the knife and handed it back, suddenly blushing furiously.
The cause of Stoker's distress was the unexpected appearance of his lordship's sister, Lady Cordelia Beauclerk. I turned and waved the knife at her.
"Forgive his language, Lady C. Stoker is in a terrible fuss. He has been sulking ever since his lordship broke his leg. How is the patient today?"
Mindful of Stoker's baleful glance, I lowered the knife with exaggerated care.
"A trifle feverish, but the doctor says he has the constitution of an ox, although you would never know it to look at him," she said with a smile. That much was true. His lordship had always resembled a librarian in the latter stages of anemia—pale and stooped from too many years poring over his books. But blood will tell, and Beauclerk blood was hearty stuff. Lady C. always looked the picture of health, from her English rose complexion to her slender figure. But as I assessed her, I noted an unaccustomed furrow to her brow, and her usually pink cheeks seemed lacking in color.
"You must be working yourself to death taking care of him as well as the house," I observed.
She shook her head. "Things are a bit at sixes and sevens," she admitted. "The doctor has ordered trained nurses in to tend his lordship, and I am afraid Mrs. Bascombe doesn't care for the extra work of looking after them." I was not surprised. His lordship's housekeeper put me in mind of unripe quinces—plump and sour. Lady C. went on. "And of course it's time to pack the boys up for school and the girls have a new governess to settle in."
"For the moment," Stoker murmured. The Beaucleark girls had a habit of driving away hapless governesses with well-timed hysterics or the odd spider in the bed. I rather thought it a pity that no one had told them about the efficacy of syrup of figs dribbled into the morning tea, but it was not my place to tutor them in misdemeanors.
Lady Cordelia smiled her gentle smile. "For the moment," she agreed. "But everything seems in hand this afternoon—so much so that I have decided to pay a visit to the Curiosity Club."
My ears pricked up. Known formally as the Hippolyta Club, it was an intriguing place, founded for the purposes of free discourse amongst accomplished ladies without the strictures of society limiting their conversation. That might have been the raison d'être of the club, but like most high-minded institutions, it was entirely bound by its own set of Byzantine and impenetrable rules. Lady Cordelia had been admitted on the strength of a series of papers she had written on the subject of advanced mathematics, and it was good to see that her talents—frequently wasted in arguing with Mrs. Bascombe about the grocer's bills—were once more carrying her into the circles where her intellect was most appreciated. Her own family thought of her as a sort of performer, conjuring numbers as a dancing bear waltzes to a tune. Her grave, calm eyes never belied the frustration she must have felt at being so frequently ignored or brushed aside, even by kindly and well-meaning hands, but I harbored outrage enough for both of us.
Lady Cordelia gave me a benign look. "You have put on a brave face, but I know how disappointed you must be at not embarking upon the expedition," she began.
"Not at all." I did not make a habit of lying, but it was not Lady C.'s fault the expedition had been beached, and she had never been anything other than gracious to me. I had sensed in her—if not a kindred spirit—at least a sympathetic one.
"You lie very well," she said mildly. "But you are a world explorer, Miss Speedwell. I have heard you speak too eloquently of your travels not to understand how much you love the chase."
"Well, perhaps," I temporized.
She went on. "I know you have much work to do here, but I thought you might like to visit the club, as my guest. A little change of scene to sweeten the mood," she added with a glance to Stoker.
I pursed my lips. "If you want to sweeten the mood, you would be far better placed taking him. But it is kind of you to offer. Yes, thank you. I would like to go."
The little furrow between her brows smoothed, although if anything she seemed even less at ease than she had before I accepted. "Excellent. If you would like to collect your things, I will meet you in the drive."
I blinked in surprise. "Now?"
"Yes. I thought we could go for tea," she said. Her gaze drifted over my working costume. "Perhaps a change of attire?" she suggested gently.
I glanced at the enormous canvas pinafore swathing me from collar to ankles. It was an unflattering garment, to be sure, and streaked with paint, blood, dust, and the remains of a profiterole Stoker had flung at me earlier. I whisked off the offending pinafore to reveal a simple gown of red foulard. It was not a fashionable creation by any standards, but I eschewed fashion, preferring to have my working clothes tailored to my specifications rather than the latest whims of the rich and idle. Narrow skirts and an unobtrustive bustle were my only concessions to modernity.
Lady Cordelia gave a vague smile. "Very charming, I'm sure." She paused and looked to my hair, her lips parted as if to say more, but she left us then, as swiftly as she had come.
I turned to Stoker, shoving a few errant locks into the heavy Psyche knot at my neck. With a smile of deliberate malice, I turned and—in a single liquid motion—flung the blade, lodging it firmly between the target's eyes. "I am off to take tea at the Curiosity Club. Mind you take good care of that dummy."
I settled myself comfortably opposite Lady Cordelia in one of the Beauclerk town carriages, mindful of her maid, Sidonie, who watched balefully from an upstairs window of Bishop's Folly.
"I thought Sidonie accompanied you on all your outings," I remarked.
Lady Cordelia smoothed her black silk skirts, her expression carefully neutral. "I do not require Sidonie's company today. She is inclined to be indiscreet at times."
I raised a brow in interest. "The Curiosity Club requires discretion?"
Almost against her will, it seemed, Lady C. smiled. "Frequently."
She seemed disinclined to conversation, but I felt obliged to speak. "I do not know if you have considered the ramifications of being seen with me in public," I began.
"Why should there be ramifications?"
I suppressed a snort. "We both know that my life is an unconventional one. I might look and speak like a lady, but my choices have placed me beyond the pale of propriety. I have traveled alone. I am unmarried, I live without a chaperone, and I work for a living. These are not the actions of a lady," I reminded her. I did not mention my more colorful peccadilloes. I had made a point of choosing my lovers carefully—no Englishmen need apply—and of entertaining them only when abroad. Thus far mere whispers of my misconduct had reached England, but one never knew when one of the dear fellows would succumb to indiscretion and Reveal All.
"Society is willfully obtuse," she returned, setting her jaw. I recognized the gesture. We had known each other only a matter of months, but I had already learnt that Lady Cordelia possessed an unbendable will when she chose. No doubt her elevated rank would protect her from the worst of the gossip.
I settled myself more comfortably as the coachman maneuvered his way through the darkening streets. A late summer storm had rolled in, blanketing the city with lowering cloud as sheets of rain began to fall, and when we reached the Curiosity Club, the windows glowed in welcome. It was an unassuming edifice, a tall and elegant house tucked in a row of other such buildings. It appeared to be a private residence, but just beneath the bell was a small scarlet plaque bearing the name of the club and the legend alis volat propriis. "'She flies with her own wings,'" I translated.
Lady Cordelia smiled. "Fitting, don't you think?"
Before she could put a hand to the door, it swung back to reveal a portress dressed in scarlet plush, her head wrapped in a shawl of gold silk.
"Lady Cordelia," said the young woman solemnly. She was of African descent, with the innately elegant posture I had observed so often upon my travels to that continent, but her speech was London born and bred.
"Good afternoon, Hetty. This is my guest, Miss Speedwell."
Hetty inclined her head. "Welcome to the Hipppolyta Club, Miss Speedwell." She turned back to Lady Cordelia as a page hurried forward to take our damp cloaks. She opened a thick leather book and proffered a pen to Lady Cordelia. "Florrie will have your things dried and brushed before you leave. Lady Sundridge is awaiting you in the Smoking Room."
I gave Lady C. an inquiring glance, but she shook her head swiftly. "Later," she murmured. So, our visit to the club had a purpose after all, I mused. Suddenly the promise of cakes and tea took on an additional spice.
The girl named Florrie whisked herself away with the brisk rustle of starched petticoats as Lady Cordelia took the pen and signed us in with a flourish. I glanced about, registering my first impression of the club. It was smaller than I had expected, intimate, and decorated with a restraint I found relaxing. The windows were draped in scarlet velvet, almost identical in hue to Hetty's crimson plush, and the carpets were quietly patterned, tasteful things from Turkey, heavy and thick enough to muffle our footsteps. The walls were closely hung with photographs and maps, charts and memorabilia, all celebrating the accomplishments of the members. The club was fitted with gas, but a quick glimpse through the arched doorway into a large parlor revealed a fireplace in which logs were merrily crackling away. I heard the muted buzz of female conversation, punctuated here and there by excited remarks or unrestrained laughter, and I tipped my head at the sound of it.
"Debate and lively discourse are encouraged at the Curiosity Club," Hetty told me with a smile. But in contrast to the warmth of Hetty's welcome, Lady Cordelia's mood seemed to have shifted. By the time she had guided me upstairs to the closed door bearing the inscription smoking room, her usual calm had faltered and the furrow had etched itself again between her brows.
She tapped lightly, darting me an anxious look before the reply sounded, swift and peremptory. "Come."
Lady C. opened the door upon a smallish, handsome room furnished in the same style as the hall downstairs. Framed maps hung upon the walls, books lined the shelves, and a table beneath the windows held celestial and terrestrial globes interspersed with a selection of potted orchids. A few comfortable leather chairs, like those in gentlemen's clubs, had been installed, and one of these was occupied by a lady dressed in subdued but extremely expensive fashion. She rose slowly as we advanced, giving me a look of frank assessment.
Lady C. made the introductions. "Lady Sundridge, may I present Miss Speedwell. Veronica, this is Lady Sundridge."
For a long moment Lady Sundridge said nothing. She merely stood in a state of composed stillness, like a figure in a tableau. But while her body was immobile, her gaze was rapacious, darting from my face to my hands and back again, as if searching for something.
As my social superior, she held the advantage. It fell to her to acknowledge me, and as long as she was content to play the mute, so was I. I returned her stare coolly, noting her fine-boned face and a tall, slender frame that she carried to elegant effect. Her hands were loaded with jewels, the facets shimmering ceaselessly in the shifting firelight.
She spoke at last. "I know the hour dictates tea, but I had in mind something more bracing." She indicated a low table before the fire. There stood a bowl of hot punch, heavily infused with rum and spices, and I took the glass she offered. She watched me as I swallowed, nodding in approval. "You are not shy of spirits."
"I am not shy of most things, Lady Sundridge."
The beautiful eyes widened for an instant. "I am glad to hear it. I asked Lady Cordelia to bring you to the club so that I might have the pleasure of making your acquaintance. You are, in some circles, quite legendary."
"And what circles might those be, my lady?"
If my forthright approach surprised her, she mastered it swiftly. She gave a dismissive little shrug. "Lepidoptery, of course. I know you trade in butterflies and publish papers very quietly, but it is not difficult to pierce the veil of anonymity if one is determined."
"And why should you be determined? Are you a collector?"
She gave a low, throaty laugh. "Of many things, Miss Speedwell. But not butterflies, alas."
"But of people, I imagine."
She spread her hands. "You astonish me. You are taking my measure," she added. But over the course of our conversation I noticed her movements, graceful and studied, and her voice, smooth as honeyed whiskey, with the barest trace of a German accent. It occurred to me that she would be violently attractive to men—and that she was entirely aware of it.
"Why should I not? You are taking mine," I returned pleasantly.
We were sparring, after a fashion, as swordsmen will do—prodding one's opponent delicately to assess the vulnerabilities in the other's defenses—but I was at a loss to understand why. Unless she suffered from some sort of professional jealousy, there was no reason for us to be at odds. And yet, Lady Sundridge was, quite obviously, sizing me up. That she was doing so in front of Lady Cordelia was even more curious, and Lady C., clearly expecting this, sat quietly sipping at her punch as her ladyship and I circled one another like cats.
"You are direct," Lady Sundridge said at length. "That can be a liability."
"Only to those who require artifice."
I heard a smothered gasp and realized Lady Cordelia was choking delicately on her punch, although from my forthrightness or the strength of the rum, I could not determine.
Lady Sundridge fixed me with a stare I found difficult to characterize. Was it assessment? Disapproval? Grudging respect?
I sipped at my punch. "I must congratulate you, my lady. I am enjoying this rather more than I expected. Generally I avoid the company of ladies whenever possible."
"You find your own sex tedious?"
"Invariably. We are educated out of common sense, curiosity, and any real merit. We are made to be decorative and worthy of display, with occasional forays into procreation and good works, but nothing more."
"You are hard upon us," Lady Sundridge remarked.
"I am a scientist," I reminded her. "My hypotheses are drawn from observation."
She nodded slowly. "Yes. You are hard upon us, but you are not wrong. Women are frequently tiresome, but not in this place. Here you will find your own kind."
"I am only a guest here," I said.
"Indeed," was her sole reply.
I finished the glass of punch and placed it carefully upon the table before I spoke. "And as much as I have enjoyed this exchange, do you not think it is time that you came to the purpose of this meeting?"
Lady Sundridge's eyes narrowed. "What purpose?"
I inclined my head graciously. "I believe you have some questions for me, Your Royal Highness."
(Continues…)
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1. Once again, Veronica's curiosity propels her into solving a mystery. Is this curiosity a fatal flaw? What motivates Stoker to partner with her for the investigation?
2. What do Veronica and her family stand to lose if her identity is revealed? What does each side stand to gain?
3. We are introduced to a significant new character, Lady Wellingtonia, in this novel. What do you think ultimately motivates her?
4. Princess Louise feels bound by honor and duty to behave in a certain way. Are you sympathetic to her situation? How do you think you would handle similar expectations?
5. The Elysian Grotto and Havelock House are historically accurate but not what many typically think of as Victorian settings. How important are these two locations in the novel's development?
6. One of the most consequential characters, Miles Ramsforth, does not appear in the novel, forcing readers to develop their impressions of him based upon other characters' feelings. What do you think of Miles?
7. In what ways do we come to better understand Stoker as his past is slowly revealed?
8. Veronica and Stoker are willing to make tremendous sacrifices for each other. What does this say about the nature of their bond? What developments do you anticipate in their relationship going forward?
Raybourn's effervescent sequel to 2015's A Curious Beginning combines witty suspense with a playful look at the secrets proper Victorians hid. When Veronica, an adventurous lepidopterist, meets a woman calling herself Lady Sundridge, she easily deduces her exalted true identity. Lady Sundridge wants Veronica to reinvestigate the murder of an artist known as Artemisia. Though she wants her late friend's death avenged, the woman insists that Artemisia's lover, Miles Ramsforth, soon to be hanged for the crime, is not guilty. Veronica and her associate, aristocratic natural historian Revelstoke "Stoker" Templeton-Vane, wend their way through opium dens, artists' studios, the headquarters of Scotland Yard, and the Elysian Grotto, an underground cave lavishly fitted out for sexual pleasure on the Ramsforth estate. The sleuths' lives are threatened as their investigation uncovers peccadillos at the highest levels of society. Revelations about Stoker's painful past add nuance to the pair's spirited and sexually charged banter in this playful historical. Agent: Pam Hopkins, Hopkins Literary Associates. (Jan.)
Butterflies and not-so-closeted Victorian sexcapades abound in Raybourn's deliciously quirky sequel to A Curious Beginning, which introduced amateur lepidopterist, sleuth, and all-around independent woman Veronica Speedwell. Veronica's fondness for solving crimes gets her an exclusive invitation from a mysterious woman who calls herself Lady Sundridge to join the women-only Curiosity Club. Lady Sundridge's dear friend Artemisia, an artist, has been murdered, and her widower, Miles Ramsforth, will soon be hanged for the crime if Veronica can't unmask the real killer. Veronica joins forces with her friend Stoker, and the pair traipse through Artemisia's artistic world, with stops at an opium den and an underground grotto on the Ramsforth estate set up to satisfy all manner of sexual peccadilloes. Hidden sex caves on wealthy art patrons' estates are naturally going to attract those in the highest levels of society, who may not take too kindly to someone—let alone a woman—poking into their private business. This leads to much of the tension Raybourn weaves in among the witty banter. VERDICT An unbuttoned—in every sense of the word—look at a side of Victorian life that's often missing from historical novels, this is a welcome continuation of an enjoyable series with a solid, spirited heroine at its center. [See Prepub Alert, 7/25/16.]
An unconventional 19th-century sleuth and her equally eccentric sidekick uncover dark secrets of the upper class in this sequel to A Curious Beginning (2015).Once Lord Rosemorran, an avid collector of natural wonders, trips over Patricia, his beloved tortoise, his fractured thigh puts paid to the South Seas expedition he's planned with his resident natural scientists, Veronica Speedwell and the Hon. Revelstoke "Stoker" Templeton-Vane. So Veronica's on hand to accept an invitation from Rosemorran's sister to a society for women and a hush-hush meeting with Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's daughter. The princess wants Veronica to use her detective skills and her discretion to clear the name of Miles Ramsforth, who will hang for the murder of his mistress, Princess Louise's artist friend Artemisia, if Veronica doesn't prove his innocence. If she does, she may be allowed to communicate with her father, HRH the Prince of Wales, who secretly married Veronica's mother and abandoned them both for a royal bride. Although Veronica agrees to the task and the bait, she has her own reason for meeting the father who won't and can't acknowledge her. Trained in self-defense and butterfly collecting, she's not so independent that she fails to enlist her good friend Stoker to help penetrate the artistic world Artemisia inhabited—and give Stoker the dubious honor of posing in varying states of undress for a statue of Perseus. A visit to Ramsforth's estate includes a tour of a grotto of forbidden delights, along with a very detailed, very incriminating ledger of all the visitors to the place. Gamboling with Stoker from theater box to funeral parlor to opium den, Veronica finds not only that they've been too quick to eliminate a suspect, but that they have more in common than their repressed passion for each other. Although Raybourn's wit and whimsy veer dangerously close to the twee, you have to admire her self-sufficient heroine, who divides her attention so comfortably between lepidoptery and Victorian sexcapades.
Praise for Deanna Raybourn
"Veronica Speedwell is a joy—unflappable, unrepentant, and thoroughly delightful."—New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal
"The powerful Veronica Speedwell...triumphs over adversity and danger with wit, charm, and uncanny determination."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr
"Veronica Speedwell is sure to join the greats of mystery fiction."—New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley
"A smart, plucky, way-ahead-of-her-time heroine."—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"A fun heroine who defies convention and embraces intrigue."—Booklist
"No one writes parasols, petticoats, and pistols like Deanna Raybourn."—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig
A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell Series #2) 4.7 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 20 reviews.
Anonymous 10 months ago
"A Perilous Undertaking" is a rollicking adventure. Veronica Speedwell is a strong, irreverent heroine. She is more than equal match to the dark and honorable Stoker. Their teaming is a sheer delight. It is based on mutual respect. Mystery readers and historical fiction will love this book.
Fast pace and intelligent read. Live the characters and plot set in late 18th century England. Will look for the next book in his series right away.
Enjoyed every moment with these characters. The mystery kept me guessing and the historical setting was a joy.
DarqueDreamer More than 1 year ago
*Mature content warning for sex and drug use* A Perilous Undertaking will plunge you in to the depths of danger and debauchery! As A Curious Beginning was full of curiosities and intrigue, this one is full of scandal and betrayal! Prepare to be taken on a wild ride of mystery and misdeeds! I've officially been caught in Veronica's net. Both books were insanely enjoyable. This one held a bit more mature content, but it was exciting, mysterious, and humorously and tastefully done! At this point in the series, I 100% adore Veronica. She is sensationally witty, fierce, and entertainingly scandalous! I am also irrevocably in love with Stoker! Even though we have pretty much been shown in to the depths of his soul in this book, he still remains a dark, alluring mystery. I can't get enough of him, and I am rooting for the pair to become even closer than they already are! As far as the plot goes, I was close to tears from all the laughter. It was hilariously risqué. There were definitely a couple predictable moments, but the mystery was astoundingly well done, and I could not have predicted most of it. I just honestly love the refreshing twist on the attitudes of the women of this time in both books. Veronica lives well beyond the propriety of her sex in this time period. The tables have been turned to allow her to live with the behavior of a man, while Stoker, and his brothers, acts with more modesty. This is further confirmed by one of my new favorite characters, Lady Wellie, who is a delightfully older version of Veronica. I am in awe at how fast I was drawn in by these books. Both have well developed mysteries, dynamic characters, and highly amusing plots! I also love how tastefully Raybourn has written in the sexual innuendos and mature content. Everything is tied in nicely to raise an eyebrow, pique a smile, and draw out a laugh without being over the top or offensive.
Storytellermary More than 1 year ago
A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING by Deanna Raybourn Oh, the tangled webs they weave, deceptions within deceptions, and a mysterious puppet-master behind much of the intrigue. Asked by a princess to help prove a condemned man innocent, Veronica and Stoker face dangers . . . and indiscretions among artists and hedonists. There is humor amidst the mayhem, and humanity, caring, understanding, respect . . . and a giant tortoise. Don't underestimate anyone. This book kept me up reading until 2 a.m., and it was worth it! Characters, plot, and writing are all so good! Newly adopted philosophical phrase . . . "you know my feelings on forcible religion" — I love when a book articulates something I've been trying to. This is book two of three — one could read out of order, but it might be more fun chronologically.
Very satisfying. Wonderfully complex and entertaining characters.
I enjoyed the book and can't wait till the next one comes out
I just love her writing and am in love with Veronica and Stoker! It is like being able to hang out with friends...I will miss y'all and can't wait for book #3!
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nhr3bookcrazyNR More than 1 year ago
Loved it! Was looking forward to the second book in the series - and now I have to wait another. UGH. I love the characters of Veronica Speedwell and Stoker. Lots of fun!!! All books by this author are great.
dibbylodd More than 1 year ago
This is a delightful series, well crafted and filled with marvelous characters. The mystery is well done and all the side elements fit nicely. The tension between the main characters is developing nicely. I look forward to many more stories about Veronica Speedwell.
CharlotteLynnsReviews More than 1 year ago
The mystery in this one intrigued me. Stoker and Veronica work together and go beyond the "normal" to find out the truth of who the murderer is. They are not typical detectives, they are scientists first and detectives second. I follow the same path they do and had many guesses as to who the murdered would be but until the end I was kept guessing. Holy sexual tension. The tensions between Veronica and Stoker is building. You can feel it; you want them to act on it, but love that they haven't yet. There is not a doubt to be had that these two are attracted to each other. I love that Deanna Raybourn is pulling this part of her story out, she is not giving these characters what the reader knows they want. She started the attraction in book one and it has continued into book two. While this is the second book in the Veronica Speedwell series, each book stands alone. Each book has a completed story. There is a mystery to be solved and it is solved. I recommend reading both A Perilous Undertaking and A Curious Beginning.
Loved the first book in this series, but was disappointed in the sexual content and too many pithy remarks in this one. I read many books in this genre , and I find they are great books without the sexual innuendo. Hoping the next one will be more like the first.
Cannot wait for the next!
Caroles_Random_Life More than 1 year ago
I enjoyed this book but I didn't think it quite lived up to the first book in the series. I had a really hard time getting into the book at first but once the story got moving, I found myself really enjoying it. I think that the characters in this series are amazing and this book lets us get to know them just a little better than before. Overall, this was a very enjoyable read. Veronica Speedwell is such a fun character. She is extremely intelligent and not afraid to live by her own rules instead of bending to society's dictates. She is called upon by a member of royalty to look into the murder of an artist. The man that has been accused is scheduled to hang very soon even though some believe he is innocent. Veronica enlists the help of her friend, Stoker, to help her discover the truth about the death. I really enjoyed the fact that Veronica and Stoker are not the average pair of detectives. Veronica is an expert on butterflies and Stoker is a remarkable taxidermist. They are both intelligent and inquisitive and well suited to solving the puzzle of the murder. They have wonderful chemistry together and truly make a great pair. This isn't a romance although they both seem to have feelings for the other that they seem to be suppressing. This was a smart book with a really complicated puzzle to be solved. It is nice how the reader gets to be with Veronica and Stoker at every step during the process to solve the murder. I loved the way that there were quite a few funny moments to keep the book nicely balanced. Veronica and Stoker both have complicated backgrounds which added some depth to their characters and gave me something to think about and helped explain some of their motivations. I would recommend this book to others. It is the second book in the Veronica Speedwell series but I do think it would work as a stand alone. I look forward to future books featuring Veronica and Stoker! I received an advance reader edition of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via First to Read.
literarymuseVC More than 1 year ago
Victoria Speedwell is a sharp lepidopterist who is back again to solve a new mystery with her natural historian/taxidermist buddy, Stoker. When Victoria is invited to a woman's club that is like men's clubs of the Victorian era in 1887, a place where women's intelligence and interest in just about anything are allowed to shine and be shared. Victoria meets a formidable member, Lady Sundridge, who brings Victoria into a quiet room where she is scrutinized and queried by another woman. Victoria takes very little time to figure out that she is being addressed by a member of royalty. Now Lady Sundridge had already begged Victoria to assist in solving the mystery of the murder of a woman named Artemesia, the lover of a famous society art patron, Miles Ramsforth who is to be hanged for the murder in only two days. Not too much pressure! Add to the fact that Victoria she will meet her own father if she succeeds. Both sides of this quest have very different, unknown motives in resolving these mysteries with success! Stoker and Victoria discover the more sordid side of royalty in a secret sex society and other mysterious places and people. As usual, Victoria receives a secret communication that threatens her life is he insists on continuing her investigation of the circumstances surrounding Artemisia's death. No spoiler's here – we soon discover there are plenty of suspects who might have committed the murder. We also meet several high society and royal personages who are a part of the decadence so characteristic of this historical time. Add to that the mystery behind Victoria and Stoker's relationship which seems slightly hot, growing hotter but never actually getting there, a frustrating conundrum for readers! A Perilous Undertaking is a satisfying read that starts off slowly but gradually picks up momentum with plenty of twists and turns all the way to the surprising final page! Nicely done, Deanna Raybourn!
Myndia More than 1 year ago
Deanna Raybourn is easily one of my new favorite authors (which sounds weird given that she's written quite a few books, it's just – she's new to me), and while it may have taken me a little to warm up to the first in this series, I instantly fell head over heels in this second installment. If I had access to the next (and I assume there is going to be a next), I'd have jumped right in, no question. Veronica Speedwell is just my kind of woman: brilliant, passionate, sure of herself, curious, and open-minded. And her relationship with Stoker definitely heats up in A Perilous Undertaking. They are an excellent pairing (if they'll ever bother to getting around to it), and it is a thrill to watch things unfold between them. The tension was palpable, feelings were brewing, obstacles have been discovered, and I can't make up my mind at what pace I want this to go. How many more books before their inability to further their relationship becomes agonizing? The mystery itself was complex and twisty. Small hints here and there, but I never found a sure enough footing to make a confident guess. I daresay that Veronica and Stoker were also quite surprised when all was revealed. But beyond all that, I love Ms. Raybourn's writing style. It's hard to put my finger on the exact nature of my love for it. It flows. It feels natural. From the first paragraph, I fall in, and don't want to get out. I just enjoy reading her, completely independent of the story itself. Fortunately, she also spins a good tale, so it's truly a win all around. This is the first book I've finished in 2017, and I call it a most excellent start. Can't imagine starting off my reading year in a better way. Once again, a gorgeous cover, and I will be buying the book to pretty up my shelves. Desperately looking forward to whatever comes next for Miss Speedwell and Stoker. Note: I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley. I pride myself on writing fair and honest reviews.
Extremely well written. Loved the character development and the banter between the two main characters . I hope this will be many in a series .
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Tories' land data body sounds excellent. But...
By Michael Cross2017-05-19T08:59:00+01:00
I suspect that most readers, at some stage in their career, will have had to explain to a client, relative or friend that the combination of a magnifying glass and a Land Registry title plan won't resolve an intractable boundary dispute. Now it seems that those heart-sink conversations are to be consigned to history. At least if one thoroughly non-conservative pledge in the Conservative Party's manifesto becomes reality.
This is the proposal to merge parts of Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, the Valuation Office Agency and other bodies 'to create a comprehensive geospatial data body within government, the largest repository of open land data in the world'.
The manifesto enthuses about the possibilities of digitising the planning process and creating the most comprehensive digital map of Britain to date. The database 'will support a vibrant and innovative digital economy, ranging from innovative tools to help people and developers build to virtual mapping of Britain for use in video games and virtual reality'.
Personally, I love the idea - I've been banging on in print about the possibilities of mashing up land and property data for 10 years or more. But there's more to the issue than data geekery and I wonder if the manifesto writers appreciate that not everyone will see the proposed system as self-evidently a good thing.
For a start (property professionals can skip the next couple of paragraphs) a geospatial data body is not quite the daring 21st century innovation the manifesto makes out. In fact most major economies already have one. It's called a cadastre, a database combining information about the location, ownership and value of a patch of land. A good example is The Netherlands' Kadaster, which collects and registers administrative and spatial data on not only on property but on ships, aircraft and telecom networks to boot. Look at any development plan for a country emerging from dictatorship or war and you can guarantee that one of the priorities supported by aid agencies is a cadastral information system.
Land Registry HQ Croydon
Source: Michael Cross
Current headquarters of HM Land Registry, Croydon
Yet we don't have one ourselves. Lawyers will guess why England and Wales is the outlier: the ancient establishment of rights to estates in common law long pre-dates accurate mapping and has not been interrupted by revolution or conquest. So boundaries are still defined by such features as far edges of ditches rather than lines on some government plan. Of course there is also the English law complication that ownership in land is never absolute but as a consequence of often overlapping relationships defined in four dimensions - length, breadth, height/depth and time and recorded in different ways.
Such fuzziness offends the Napoleonic mind, which is why cadastral agencies are apparently the norm in civil law jurisdictions. Even in England the idea has been mooted since 1836, when a Royal Engineers officer charged with modernising the tithes system argued the case for recording the geographical boundaries, title and value of every plot. The idea didn't fly, though in recent years we have had at least one stab at a cadastral database, the Rural Land Register created to implement reforms in - significantly - the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
Meanwhile, it can be argued that the creep of mandatory land registration since 1926, with accompanying state guarantees, has already accomplished the cultural shift of defining title by reference to a central database rather than a locally held box of deeds. In theory all we need to do is weave in the Ordnance Survey's location data, the Valuation Office Agency's value data, along with the government's hydrographic and geological data, and bingo, a new era of certainty and efficiency. And no more 'general boundaries' on plans. As the Conservative manifesto states, digital technology will release 'massive value from our land… introducing greater specialisation in the property development industry and far greater transparency for buyers.'
We don't even need to look outside the UK for exemplars - in Northern Ireland the mapping, land registration and value agencies have been amalgamated since 2008. I understand it is working fine.
For all that, I don't think this data body is going to be pain free. It will face institutional resistance and challenges both legal and technological. The Rural Land Register mentioned above provides a grim case study - its over-engineered IT system was one of the dismal procession of public sector computing fiascoes under the last Labour administration. A new cadastral database may also involve the adoption of blockchain shared ledger technology (the stuff that makes Bitcoin work) - an exciting but potentially scary prospect. There will also be quetions of privacy. And then there's the question of how to manage the switch to defining boundaries by lines on centrally created digital maps. What scale will be used, and how will the inevitable conflicts with features on the ground be resolved?
Meanwhile the rows over abortive proposals to privatise bits of Land Registry illustrate the potential political dangers of meddling in the sector, especially one so close to Conservative voters' hearts.
For all its faults (I've experienced a few as a lay buyer and seller of property) there may be good reasons for England and Wales' current system of recording land ownership, value and location. I'm sure Gazette readers will have firm opinions - and not just about clients wielding magnifying glasses and title plans.
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Q: How to install libdata-validate-ip-perl in centos I'm trying to use IP in my perl script and i got module not found error. When i tried to install it with dnf im getting no match found for the package.
use Data::Validate::IP;

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Looking for suggestions to install perl missing modules

A: I would use
sudo cpan Data::Validate::IP

See here https://perldoc.perl.org/cpan

A: "libdata-validate-ip-perl" would be the name of the package on Debian-based distributions, such as Ubuntu.
Redhat-based distributions use a different naming convention for their packages. Try "perl-Data-Validate-IP".

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Today Tripwire moves another step towards VMware and release a second free tool called OpsCheck.
OpsCheck, which supports ESX 3.0/3.5 (including ESXi version), connects to VMware vCenter through a secure channel and verifies if VMotion is properly configured and operational by checking virtual machines device configurations, data stores, and networks.
The product is available as a Java application running on any Windows Server 2003 box with JRE 1.5 or later.


It's ladies night at the White House!
The dinner is closed to the media, so we will never know what the Powerful Women of Washington look like when they brush elbows eating steak in the State Dining Room. All we have is our imagination.


In South Korea, ? – 20th century, a unit of mass = 144 kilograms.
Six puts "tufts" make one on-k'om.
Six on-k'oms "handfuls" make one mut.
Ten muts "bundles" make one chim.
One hundred chims "man loads" make one kyöl.
The kyöl is equivalent to our stack. Taxation is at the rate of thirty pieces of cash, or six cents, for each chim of the estimated crop.
In measuring grain in the kernel, the following is the table used —the sa or unit being one pinch of rice.
Ten sa "pinches" make on[e] hop.
Ten hop "handfuls" make one toi.
Ten toi "measures" make one mal.
Ten mal "pecks" make one söm.
The söm is what is known as a "bag." Some confusion exists as to the amount covered by these denominations, for the size of the toi varies in different sections of the country. But the above is the legal standard. And attached to every prefecture there is an inspector of weights and measures, whose duty is to see that the standard is adhered to.
The Korean Repository, volume IV, January-December 1897. Page 332.
sŏk 石 (söm) A traditional measure of rice; a bag of rice a little more than 5 bushels.
Peter H. Lee, editor, with Donald Baker, Yongho Ch'oe, Hugh H. W. Kang and Han-Kyo Kim.
Sourcebook of Korean Civilization. Volume II. From the Seventeenth Century to the Modern Period.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
Last revised: 4 September 2012.


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Happy Spanish Summer
We've been very busy for a while, working on projects like updating the Notes in Spanish website to keep it fresh and mobile friendly (important these days!) and more secure.
It's been a while since we shared our favourite phrases, and here is one that we hear a lot at this time of year when the weather can't quite make it's mind up:
Hasta el 40 de mayo no te quites el sayo – Don't take your raincoat off until May 40th!
This wonderful phrase, straight from the streets of Madrid (so it might not work in South America!) means that until May 40th, so about June 10th, don't bet on nice weather, it can still be cold… but after June 10th, watch out! ¡Va a hacer muchísimo calor!
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#WHO wants a president of the status quo
Not less important is the question: Does GERB have such a candidate at all?
By Ивет Добромирова -
8 July 2016 г.
What do the presidential elections mean for GERB? It might appear an elementary question, but that's only a first impression. After 2013, nothing is the same. Every political move since then has proved that. The Borisov 2.9 government is only a formal successor to Borisov 1.0. It's not the improved version we were hoping for. No-one can doubt GERB's triumphant return to power as the leading political force in the most recent history of Bulgaria by winning the second general elections in a row. It is the first "right wing" political party to survive the biggest political crisis in recent Bulgarian history with a "hard" electorate.
Peevski's gone – So I can make reforms Yes, but not really.
Borisov flunked his historical opportunity to begin changing the country, even after 404 days of civil protests on the streets of Bulgaria insisted on reforms. Yes, he did form a coalition government, but not in the aims of consensus for reforms, but just the opposite. He demonstrated astonishing flexibility in the creation of new, often covert, coalitions, just so that the reforms wouldn't happen. We have a government of the status quo; the worst possible version of the status quo and its best form. This time, however, it can't be hidden. Because the process of decay which is killing the country can only be guaranteed by people like Peevski, but he is a consequence and not the reason. The sickness was mercilessly defined during the Protests – #WHO No-one ever called this process: #Tsatarov, #Vasilev, #Peevski. The #WHO model is the same as the #Status Quo model. Everyone who took part and colluded in the process are part of the status quo.
It is no longer the best kept secret. The "Media Empire" of his ally from the first Borisov government, Delyan Peevski, collapsed under the weight of his own inadequacy. This was one of the greatest achievements of the 2013-2014 Protest. The complete subjugation of national television companies whose survival depends directly on state subsidies for one of them – Bulgarian National Television, and European funds for all three BNT, bTV and NOVA. However, it is not enough. Quite often their desire to be of service, is in fact injurious to the Prime Minister. In the words of a high-ranking foreign diplomat, "Borisov thinks that what he says hear is heard only in Bulgaria, but they listen to him very intently abroad as well".
So the television companies have, willingly or not, become conduits of something which sounds frightening outside the #Territory. Despite all efforts, "the situation we have" on the one hand is acutely reflected in the merciless mirror of the foreign media. On the other hand, there's no way our European partners are going to let it be swept under the carpet. On a third hand, a significant section of the Bulgarian people who have always reacted sensitivity to attempts to undermine the democratic principles in the country by oligarchical dependencies, have come to the fore as leaders of opinion through the freedom of the social networks and the few remaining critical media.
Let us deviate slightly from the theme. The removal of Chavdar Nikolov's caricatures and other of his publicist articles from the media and video platforms connected with NOVA television is absolute proof of the fact that nothing is or can be the same. However, this is clearly underestimated by all the key players in the Borisov 1.0 model. Whether this is a case of censorship or auto-censorship, the trampling of the freedom of speech is just one more of those sins, in the long list starting with Peevski being announced as head of the State Agency for National Security. This is not something which can be ignored in the quiet whimpering of our closed environment. The public reaction to the removal of the caricatures was more than eloquent. Then Bulgaria woke up one morning bottle of the EU freedom of speech rankings.
One Party, One President, One Leader
Against this background, Borisov has "tightened" his ranks in the best tradition of old school propaganda. He filled Hall No.1 of the National Palace of Culture with 4000 supporters. They all applauded him rapturously, stood up at a given signal and obediently listened to what the leader of the Central Committee of the Party and his deputies had to say to them. When the forum was over, buses stood waiting to take people back to their home towns. The End. The messages were only superficially simple to avoid confusion. However, their undertones are far from simple:
GERB is united and strong. There is no discord between the leading figures, despite appearances to the contrary. The situation is: "if there is anything, it doesn't really matter". Tsvetanov and Bachvarova are OK, Tsvetanov and Borisov are too. Nothing was said about Tsvetanov and Moskov. Daritkova was quoted. If there is anyone in Moskov's position, he should be worried.
GERB can be removed from power only by GERB Those of us with a longer memory began to ask ourselves: Did GERB remove themselves from office in 2013? Then another question comes to mind: Has GERB been infected with the same syndrome as the BSP in 1997, when they promised that they would never allow a few thousand people on the streets to remove them from office. Didn't that lead to the longest daily protest movement, perhaps in world history?
Last but not least, Borisov spoke about the Presidential institution. He made it clear that GERB expects its elected president to remain loyal, because GERB spent money on his campaign and election. So, a number of things came clearly to light: GERB has a problem with the Bulgarian Constitution, since it is the Constitution which guarantees that the Head of State stands above party politics. GERB wants to have complete unanimity in the institutions which its controls and uses.
When such words are uttered by the leader of GERB, who is also the Prime Minister, they can only have one interpretation: Boiko Borisov wants an obedient President. This takes us back to an interview which he once gave to the morning show on BNT, when he was still chief secretary of the Ministry of the Interior. He said he wanted Bulgaria to be a presidential republic. He's clearly attracted by the idea of unanimity. We can't help but make comparisons with Orban. What we are clearly witness to is the "remnants of the communist state security services" clearly and persistently working on the "Boiko-Orban" scenario in Bulgaria. They are aggressively imposing this idea in all possible ways.
Let's look at what Borisov said at the party forum on Sunday. "We are soon going to have presidential elections, and the interest is more and more focused in that direction. I can't understand why the political parties are asking us who we're going to put forward as president, since when we choose him, and we're paying for him with our political subsidies and our structures, the very next day he will be obliged to distance himself from us. So why should we bother proposing a president? The very first day, he'll have to say: "I'm distancing myself from the people who put me here". I don't see the logic in that. A different way has to be found to elect the president. Otherwise why should we bother supporting someone to become president, only for him to distance himself from us".
Certain analysts interpreted this statement as dissatisfaction with the independent stance of the current president, Rosen Plevneliev. There can hardly be any more categorical evidence of his emancipation from the party which nominated, and which has been his most significant critic. President Plevneliev has undoubtedly stood against the status quo, in whatever party clothing it is dressed, in certain key moments for the country. Here are just a few of them where his own position has unfrocked the plans to preserve the status quo:
His categorical actions connected with the election of Veneta Markovska as a member of the Constitutional Court and the fact that she was unable to take up her office;
His decisive statement immediately after the selection of Delyan Peevksi as director of SANS. in which he stated that he was removing his trust in the government and parliament;
His first interim government adopted the Decree on the money held by commercial companies in banks. This led to the removal of state money from KTB bank which had reached a level of concentration of 54% – under the care of all, I repeat all, the governments of the status quo.
His key role as advocate for profound judicial reform. Hristo Ivanov took up his post as Minister of Justice and declared reform to be his main priority in Plevneliev's second interim government.
The most categorical element which Bulgarian President Plevneliev has maintained throughout his mandate, albeit largely uncomprehended by the general public, is foreign policy. This is something which clearly confirms his connection to the democratic world. He has become a major proponent of pro-Western policies, not only for Bulgaria, but for countries in a similar position to ours. A few days ago Plevneliev was declared Personality of the Year in the Ukraine, due to his opposition to the imperialistic ambitions of Putin.
This is not a question. It is a conclusion. However, let us first look at the possible GERB presidential candidates. This will allow us to dwell on an indisputable fact: GERB is the only "right wing" political party in the recent history of Bulgaria with a "hard" electorate which guaranteed victory at the elections. The question is, however, whether this hard electorate is sufficient to provide GERB with victory at the presidential elections? That is right. But not exactly. At all the elections which GERB has won, it has always managed to gather about one million votes. However, to win the presidential elections, any political party will have to gather about one million and seven hundred thousand votes.
This immediately removes any party political candidate from a narrow political context. This is the thorn in Boiko Borisov's heel. He wants to have a political independent candidate, but he cannot rely on any of his trusted party colleagues, since as he once said about Tsvetanov himself in a recent television interview, "#WHO's going to vote for him?" This same statement can be said of all the potential candidates who have a solid party profile. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about Iordanka Fandakova, Tomislav Donchev or Dimitar Nikolov (each of them viewed as a potentially serious candidate, according to Terminal 3 sources).
Their electability is a matter for the hard electorate of GERB which is no more than one million. Many analysts have always claimed that the MRF (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) plays a key role in these elections. The MRF have the additional votes required for a second round victory. However, after the recent processes which have taken place in the MRF, and the creation of DOST, things are not quite so clear cut. A number of sociological studies have suggested that between one third and one quarter of MRF voters have moved towards DOST, but this is based on data available only for Bulgaria. There is a huge question mark about the potential electorate in Turkey and their choice between the two parties. In other words, there is little certainty here either. It would be logical at a moment like this for GERB to look for rapprochement with the socialist electorate. This would lead to the need for either a covert or overt coalition to support their possible candidate. This, however, entails many stumbling blocks.
An overt coalition between ABV, BSP and MRF (whatever the configuration) would antagonise the disillusioned classical right wing voter outside the hard electorate of GERB. However, a similar covert coalition would strengthen the impression that GERB is engaged in cloak and dagger politics through a series of tainted deals, just to keep itself in power at any cost. Given this scenario, GERB has certain clear options. Believe it or not, Kalfin was the preferred choice even for the first presidential campaign. We even witnessed a handful of gaffs by Tsvetanov, the head of the election staff, which almost sabotaged their own candidate. Kalfin today is the "favourite" deputy Prime Minister who has never been criticised in public for any reason neither by Borisov nor Tsvetanov. Quite the contrary, in fact. In other words, his presidential campaign began long ago.
We also see that the "King", as he is commonly referred to, is also campaigning in his own way. For something at least. Repeating verbatim the rhetoric of his return to politics in Bulgaria at the beginning of the century, Simeon Saxe Coburg Gotha gathered the newly constituted "Millennium" club of young Bulgarians studying and working abroad. Most of them are fervent supporters of Irina Bokova's candidature for the post of UN GENSEC. He then went to the BSP forum and said that the BSP needed to have a presidential candidate who could win votes outside their hard electorate. Then he mustered the founding members and main activists from the NMSS, where they announced directly that he was the most suitable presidential candidate for a wide coalition between BSP, GERB and the MRF. Whether it was coincidental or not, that same day Parvanov made the statement that the parties who supported this government needed to have their own candidate for president. Looking at the situation from his viewpoint, he appears to have backed more than one horse in this competition, and is thus in a win-win situation.
We shouldn't forget Irina Bokova who seems to be prepared to be a candidate herself, as long as there is someone to propose her. It's another matter whether anyone would vote for her. Nevertheless, we can interpret support for her proposal for the UN GENSEC post as a trial run for the half-covert, half-overt coalition between GERB, BSP and the MRF, but without the support of ABV. This would measure the temperature of public support. Borisov clearly is not counting on her being elected, otherwise he wouldn't maintain that her nomination was a continuation of Oresharski's policies. He wouldn't miss out on the chance of beating himself on the breast and boasting that his government had proposed an elected leader of the UN. Terminal 3 sources are categorical that he has received assurances from the USA and the UK, that they would veto her candidacy. Why would she be nominated then, if it wasn't as a dress rehearsal for another performance?
Borisov faced with the choice between petty political accounts and a greater vision for Bulgaria
The problem remains whether GERB can afford to love the most important elections – the elections for the president? What might really happen if GERB does not stand behind its own candidate, who would not restrict support to the hard electorate, but does the opposite and opens up the fan.
There is another no less important question: does GERB have such a candidate? Yes, Rosen Plevneliev is undoubtedly one of the few with such a profile, even if only because he has already won once. He enjoys the unprecedented support of all Bulgaria's partners in the EU and NATO, who see him as not just as GERB's possible but mandatory presidential candidate. This was the primary motive for the visit by US Deputy State Department Secretary, Victor Newland's recent visit to Bulgaria, according to reliable Terminal 3 sources. It is also a primary reason for the forthcoming visit by Joachim Gauck, the German Vice President.
Apart from the question of whether GERB want to nominate Rosen Plevneliev for a second term, we are also at risk of ignoring another question of equal important. Does Rosen Plevneliev want to be nominated for a second term. Last September at an informal meeting of EU ambassadors, President Plevneliev clearly said that had objective and quite justifiable reasons not to propose his candidature. We know from a participant in this meeting that the President confirmed that all the political leaders in the country had been informed, as well as the heads of state of our western partners.
In this context, Boiko Borisov's claim that he wants a presidential institution which is dependent on the will of the party, hardly helps to change the position. It has to be seen, however, whether Borisov's position will close the doors to the nomination of another candidate, whose profile is similar to that of Rosen Plevneliev: someone with a categorical and hard pro-western orientation with regard to foreign policy and an advocate of domestic political reforms. Would what that mean for the political processes in Bulgaria?
What would it mean for Borisov to have a candidate like that – to appoint not an "obedient" political poodle but a worth politician with a vision to act as a balance. Does he really want that?
What would it mean for Bulgaria, if GERB had such a candidate?
After the almost complete assimilation of the Reform Block which we have seen this year, the country and its citizens, above all, will be deprived of the last possible institutional balance of power which they have had in key moments in the figure of the presidential institution. Perhaps this is good news for GERB who want unequivocal government at all levels of the state. This was been made clear by Borisov at a meeting of party activists on Sunday. However, in the long term, this is bad news for the democratic processes in the country. With regard to any obstacle put in the way of the democratic processes, neither Europe nor the USA will remain indifferent. As far as the citizens are concerned, no-one can be sure of their reaction to yet another political deception.
Any sensible person would consider that the biggest, ruling party would see it as in their own interest to find and propose a candidate who would go beyond the narrow party profile created by Tsvetan Tsvetanov and Boiko Borisov. First of all, they would come out of yet another round of elections as the biggest victor. This would also confirm their positions amongst their hard electorate from a domestic political point of view. From a foreign policy point of view, this would guarantee their continuity in terms of retaining the democratic course, strengthening the processes and retaining a strong connection with that part of the world to which Bulgaria truly belongs – Europe. However, whether GERB are capable of seeing the evident benefit for them and for Bulgaria in finding and convincing such a candidate, and then getting him or her elected, is another matter. We have reason to have our doubts, since we know the "scale" or "what we have like Tsvetanov".
In order to have such a candidate, GERB need to skip over this evolutionary link in their political growth and stop going backwards. They need to move forwards at least. They need to make a leap of quality: from narrow party petty interest to a large scale state vision subordinated to the long-term development of Bulgaria in the right direction. Only then will we believe that Boiko Borisov has managed to emancipate himself from his own party apparatchik.
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It was reported earlier in the year that the R&B songstress was to have a starring role in the movie.
Beyonce is reportedly in talks to produce the soundtrack to the upcoming remake of Disney's 'The Lion King'.
The rumour follows previous reports made earlier in the year claiming that the 'LEMONADE' star is in talks to star in the forthcoming film as the voice of lioness Nala.
According to The BeyHive Team, however, Bey is in final negotiations not only to play Nala, but also reportedly produce the film's African-inspired soundtrack in full.
"Our EXCLUSIVE on the $25 million final negotiations for Disney's Lion King & an African-inspired soundtrack produced entirely by Beyoncé!" exclaim the popular Twitter account.
The alleged contract states that the R&B singer will serve as the "curator and producer" of the soundtrack, which will feature both classic 'Lion King' originals as well as brand new songs.
While the news concerning Bey remains entirely unconfirmed, the rest of the hotly-anticipated movie's cast has already been announced.
Donald Glover is set to star as the movie's central figure Simba, James Earl Jones will reprise his role as Mufasa, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will play Timon and Pumba respectively, and John Oliver will play Zazu.
Beyonce is yet to address the rumours.


"Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand "
So as for the today's post, let me introduce you to a brand new label on the market called Silk By Nancy; experts in beautiful silk garments - from daywear to nightwear - handmade in India, where all the women employed at the studio work under a fair trade policy. Their brand stands for strong and feminine women, and where else would be more perfect than an elegant city as Milan to work on this digitorial!
As silk it a breathable fibre, it prevented me from melting under the Italian sun - good thing to know! My favorite piece of the collection is definitely the yellow bow blouse - a statement piece that caught the attention of many people crossing me. What is your most favorite look?
You looks so stunning! Love all your outfit! Such a cool brand too!
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Welcome to Day 2 of the Avery Dress sew-along! Today we will be working with the collar, optional pocket, and bodice pieces. As you can see in our graphic photo, I have added pre-made piping to the collar of the dress, so I'll be showing you that process as well. Let's get started! Keep in mind that the seam allowances are 1/2" unless noted otherwise.
Grab one of your main collar pattern pieces and start pinning the piping around the outside ring with right sides together. If you are not adding piping, skip down to the third instructional photo.
Baste the piping in place. A zipper foot helps to get up close to the piped edge. I like to sew right on top of the piping stitches when I baste it in place.
Pin the collar pieces right sides together around the outer curve with the piping in between and the basting stitches on the top collar piece. If you are not including the piping, this is where you join us, and pin the collar pieces right sides together around the outer curve.
Stitch the outer curve. If you are using piping, try to keep your stitches just to the inside of the basting stitches.
Trim the seam allowance along the outer curve and clip into the seam allowance using caution to not clip the stitches.
Turn the collar right side out and press well. Topstitch around the sewn edge.
If you are including the optional pocket, place each pocket piece right sides together and stitch around all edges leaving a 1" gap open on the side to turn. Clip the corners and trim at the bottom point.
Turn right sides out through the opening and press. Fold the top straight edge of the pocket over to the right side 3/4" and press to create a "cuff".
Position the pocket onto the right side of the front bodice. Topstitch around the sides and bottom. I like to stitch small triangles at the top of pockets to reinforce the corners. Alternately, you can backstitch a couple times to reinforce.
Finally, place the front bodice and back bodice right sides together and pin at the shoulders. Stitch at the shoulders and press the seam allowance to one side. Repeat for the remaining front and back lining bodice pieces.