atdtda: 31 - pg 874

[Bekah]

Now we get to the violence of an Uskok revenge murder:

874.2  various instruments in the abandoned factory:
** gimlet -  to drill holes in wood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gimlet_-_tool.jpg

** butcher's saw -
http://www.geocities.com/thurlane/hogkilling.html  (scroll down)

** Montenegrin Gasser:
http://www.sunblest.net/gun/GassMont.htm
Montenegrin Gasser-style revolvers were made by numerous small  
Belgian and Austrian firms, as well as by Leopold Gasser.

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874.4 - .7  "To save everyone trouble,"  Vastroslav said, "there is  
nothing you can tell us.  Nothing you can pay us.  You have stepped  
into a long history of blood and penance, and the coin of the  
transactions is struck not from metal but from Time."

Long history referring to the battles between the Croatian and  
Serbian Uskoks and the Ottomans, the Venetians, etc.  Uskoks were  
"hired"  by Austrians who didn't pay them so the Uskok's turned to  
the sea for pirating advantages.  Eventually they were disbanded by  
Austria and but old hatreds die hard - especially in that area it seems.

Btw,  Clissan (Vlado Clissan) is an old Uskok name found in Istria,   
one of the Croatian areas where the group was  relocated in the early  
17th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uskoks

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874.28  pensione near San Stae
* a pensione is a cheap hostel or boarding house
* San Stae is a  big lovely church - this is a cool photo with  
pensiones and water:
http://jssgallery.org/Essay/Venice/Church/San_Stae.htm


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874: 28-29   "shirtwaist and skirt"
more fashion:
http://www.corsetsandcrinolines.com/timeline.php?dt=1900
1900s fashions - take your pick

in those days a shirtwaist was a blouse which looked somewhat like a  
man's shirt
http://www.corsetsandcrinolines.com/timelineitem.php?index=190023

the skirt could have been in any number of styles, walking probably
http://www.corsetsandcrinolines.com/timelineitem.php?index=190025
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874. 29  "two hundred lire"
Lire were used in Italy in Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy (included  
Venice) as well as from 1861 to 2002 -  I guess we're to conclude  
that 200 lire is a lot of money.

** bobbed hair
an Edwardian era "bobbed"  hairstyle
http://www.erasofelegance.com/entertainment/movies/golden/bowl27.jpg

The bob  became popular a bit later than 1908.   As a fad it  
originated in 1915 with a dancing couple but it caught on because of  
changes the war brought.   It became a statement of rebellion,    
independence and equality.   It was popular with the suffragettes.   
Yashmeen's wearing it seems appropriate to parts of the rest of this  
section.    http://www.hairarchives.com/private/1920s.htm

If Yashmeen is wearing a shirtwaist outfit and a bob haircut she's  
distinctly in both camps,  Eduardian and flapper.  Oh well - that  
probably suits her and the book.

Bekah

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