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Jan 9Liked by Simon Haisell

This is already a stunning piece of work, Simon. Helps navigation, mapping relationships, and tracking who said what, when, and to whom. Please keep it going.

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Thanks Paul!

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Jan 9Liked by Simon Haisell

This is becoming an increasingly essential resource for me 😄 I can usually hold a good cast list together in my head but W&P is catching me out! I’m sure it’ll settle once they all garner more depth and stop being idle chatty socialites 😅🤞🏻🤞🏻

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I'm glad it's helping! It's one of the most time consuming parts of this project!

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Jan 14Liked by Simon Haisell

Is there any mention in the book about Countess Rostova’s other eight children?

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No, we only ever hear about the four living children, although there may be younger children in the nursery who are not mentioned.

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Jan 6Liked by Simon Haisell

Simon, can you say who Madam Scherer is that Andrei refers to when addressing Pierre in the couch? Is it Anna Pavlovna?

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That's right. 👍

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Jan 5Liked by Simon Haisell

I love the way Russian names have diminutives.. I absolutely love the Bronze Horseman books also set in St Petersburg and there’s a lot of figuring out that Tatiana/tanya Daria/Dasha Pavel/Pasha are all the same person.

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