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Commonplace Entry 81: (4/20/22)

Reflection Statement: 

In my reflection statement, I felt pretty good about all the positive feedback I got on how I organized I was with all of the content and how well I incorporated my choice content in each of the entries. I did like hearing how it’s all creative, the only thing I really needed to fix was by making more of my own drawings for some of the entries. In my own defense, I have been busy with a few of my other classes throughout this semester. I have a learning disability in math and the classes that I have been struggling with are math related. I also suffer from anxiety, so the motivation to make my own drawings was never there because I am a perfectionist when it comes to drawing; however, I understand the circumstances with lacking my own artistic creativity for these entries and I do want to show one some of my artistic skills that I have since I sketched a lot while growing up. I did my best to make a few images by myself but some of the content will have some images that I found from the internet on there, not just because I didn’t feel inspired, but it looked more aesthetically pleasing to me. Another critique that I was given was that I lacked a few topics from the basic book content checklist. I went ahead and put in everything that I was missing in my already made entries so nothing would be out of order. Overall, I am proud of myself for already had been doing so well in creating this commonplace book.

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Commonplace Entry 80: (4/20/22)

The beginnings of science fiction and concepts of the “mad scientist”

  (1) the laudable scientist 

Mr. Head’s character is the perfect image of what a laudable scientist truly is.  He is a well admired man in this novel by all the characters and readers because he is a good man with good intentions. Head restrained and removed himself from a path that would lead him down a future full of anxiety and fear after he had opened eyes. He chose to live a life where he will use his knowledge for good and do all that he can with stopping and preventing people, like Madame Koluchy, from manipulating other people and harming their lives. 

Madeline Rennick is another character who represents as a laudable scientist. She lived her whole life on her alone, but she used her time to not feel alone by learning what all has been found so far in science, which is why she told Dr. Chance that she respects it. She also chose to save a person’s life and risking her chances of learning many astonishing things from this experiment that Dr. Chance was performing. Her character deserves a lot of praise, not only because she is a woman, but she is a brave person who sacrified her own life to save a man from suffering such a slow and painful death.

(2) the heroic-comic scientist

Griffin from the Invisible man represents a heroic-comic scientist for how supernatural his experiment was. He turned himself invisible and used it for his own needs; however, he isn’t a hero. He is a selfish and ignorant man who lived a poor life and found a purpose for his own self-worth, research and science. 

Dr. Jekyll is another character that represents a heroic-comic scientist for his creation of Mr. Hyde. It sort of represents the Hulk? Dr. Jekyll turns into this deformed creature that is supposedly a man and loses control of all of his actions and causes havoc. This is very similar to the hulk where Dr. Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk and smashes & destroys everything in his path. 

(3) the narrow-minded and fastidious scientist

-Victor Frankenstein is very narrow-minded and fastidious scientist. He gives off this energy of being a perfectionist by the way he creates the creature. He wanted to give him perfect beautiful features, but his narrow-mindedness prevents him from realizing until after he brought the creature to life of how bad of a mistake he has made. He also would never listen to the creature, no matter how hard he begged and pleaded Victor to just listen and give him mercy, he still denied his requests and claimed him of being the devil and evil.

(4) the mad scientist

- Madame Koluchy is truly a mad scientist out of all the scientists that I have read about, she is the perfect person to be labeled as a mad scientist. She doesn’t look back on her crimes and experiments as something she should regret or feel any guilt for. She doesn’t show any fear with getting her hands dirty and risking everything in order to commit such a specific plot.

- Dr. Chance is another example of a mad scientist. He was aware of how wrong it was for him to experiment on a man that could possibly kill him, but he felt as if he was showing mercy to him by simply keeping him alive and feeding him. It just shows you how sick in the head he really is, truly earning him the title of ‘mad’.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 18: (4/18/22)

My personal review on the book: 

I will give this book a 7/10. I loved how the intense action throughout this story wasn’t overwhelmingly stressful and I enjoyed each chapter where there was a new mystery/crime that needs to be solved, even though I already knew Madame Koluchy was behind this, she always continued to surprise me with how she planned each crime---absolute genius! I wish I knew more about Madame Koluchy’s life though; how did she get so popular? Why did she have such interest in committing these crimes? Was Madame Koluchy always this way? What was her childhood like? 

I wish I knew more about Madame Koluchy, but all in all, I was satisfied with her performance in this novel. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 17: (4/17/22)

The Doom

“At the bottom of the well lay a small heap of smouldering ashes. These were all the earthly remains of the brain that had conceived and the body that had executed some of the most malignant designs against mankind that the history of the world has ever shown.” (Meade, ch 10)

I found this ending to Madame Koluchy’s reign very intense and supreme. I liked how the authors said that the remains of the brain of the most malignant designs against mankind that the history of the world has ever shown was all left in ash. It was such a powerful message, especially for a female antagonist; however, part of me wishes that she was able to escape and possibly trick Mr. Head that the ashes left behind were not her, but Mr. Fords ashes. I did enjoy the book overall. I loved seeing a female mad scientist/ antagonist in this story because it changed the traditional story line of the male mad scientist going mad and dying in agony or sadness. Madame koluchy ended her own life as if she was performing her final act, which I liked. 

However, despite Meade representing some signs of feminism in Madame Koluchy’s character, she’s still manipulative and cruel. She committed a lot of crimes and possibly killed a lot of people in her time. 

Madame Koluchy is a selfish person who doesn’t see that what she is doing is wrong. She has no fear for the consequences for her actions because she thinks this is all a game of cat and mouse. Also, she is always one step ahead of the game, which shows how powerful and intelligent she is. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 16: (4/16/22)

The Doom 

“Meanwhile I was alone, utterly alone, with my anguish and horror. The friend of my life had fallen by the hand of Mme. Koluchy. A fire was burning in my brain, which grew hotter each instant. Never was man more pursued with a deadly thirst for vengeance. The thought that Madame was moment by moment putting a greater distance between herself and me drove me mad.” (Meade, ch 10)

This quote goes back to the theme of isolation, which seems to be common theme that played a role in the lives of Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, and Griffin. All three men lived their lives in isolation and the dangers of seeking knowledge which led them to all go mad. Victor spent months in isolation in order to create life with his own two hands. When the creature consumed Victor’s mind after he murdered the youngest Frankenstein, Victor was afraid that he would be the next victim, but never told anybody because he knew that he was in the wrong for everything he did. Dr. Jekyll isolated himself to try and separate his natural evil side so he wouldn’t be the one at fault for any sort of damage that Hyde has done, but Hyde begins to take over Dr. Jekyll’s mind and body and he chose to kill himself instead of seeking for help. Griffin chose to work on his studies instead of possibly talking to that girl he saw from his childhood and starting a newer and better life. He chose to research instead, which led him to corruption because he oversaw the advantages that he had with being invisible and assumed that he will forever be stuck invisible, but he didn’t see from Dr. Kemp’s view of how if he had published his studies, he could’ve received all the praise that he wanted and deserved and possibly a cure to his invisibility form; however, Griffin was against the idea and went into a rage which led to his death. 

Mr. Head chose to leave the path of isolation and committing his whole life to research because he realized what evil resides from going down that path. When Durfrayer was murdered by Madame Koluchy, Mr. Head has a moment of what the forgotten feeling of isolation and loneliness can suddenly do to a person. He lost his best friend to the woman that he despises the most and even describes himself as being driven mad because of her.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 15: (4/16/22)

The Bloodhound

“She was a good-looking girl, with a keen, clever face. Her grey eyes were very bright, and all her features small and well formed, but there was a certain hardness about her lips which struck me even at the first glance. Those lips alone gave indication of her character, for there was nothing else in her appearance at all out of the common, and to an ordinary person she would appear simply as a bright, well-set-up young girl, with high spirits and a somewhat off-hand manner. Her usual expression was both frank and open, and her voice was very pleasant to listen to.” (Meade, ch 9)

“As Miss Beringer spoke the hard lines round her mouth grew still harder, and the womanly element in her face faded out, giving place to a strong, masculine look of determination and resolution.” (Meade, ch 9)

There was big change in the physical description of Miss Beringer. She started off as a gentle, innocent, and feminine person, but the moment she starts getting deep into thought, she appears to be masculine because she is expressing her own thoughts and being serious. Going back to the left brain and right brain analogy from the Victorian era, men were more likely to be left brained because their minds work more in a logical manner than in the right brains, where their minds are based around their emotions. Miss Beringer was introduced to the story with a purpose, and she is going to make sure Madame Koluchy is locked up for good. Also, I noticed her name is MISS Beringer, this means that she is a single woman, working as a detective. This is the work of Meade wanting to show true women power and how the ‘New Woman’ is beneficial for the men. She was able to figure out Madame Koluchy’s next move and tell Mr. Head and Dufrayer that they were wrong about the corpse being Madame Koluchy that the real Madame has already escaped. 

I personally LOVED Miss Beringer because she is like a ray of sunshine in this dark story. She was able to crack many of Madame Koluchy’s codes sooner than Mr. Head and Dufrayer ever could. She represented a true example of what the ‘New Woman’ really is about. She presented herself as an independent lady who doesn’t let anybody, or anything get in her way. I even noticed that Mr. Head was showing signs of subtle infatuation with Miss Beringer, but she put her work first before him. I also loved how she said that Madame Koluchy was afraid of her more than she was afraid of men because it shows that Miss Beringer knows how Madame Koluchy’s mind works and how she plans ahead. 

Miss Beringer reminds me of Clarice Starling: The Silence of The Lambs. Both Miss Beringer and Clarice show incredible intellect when solving crimes. They also have the courage with facing the main antagonists of the stories and not back down.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 14: (4/15/22)

The Strong Room 

“I was more than ever certain that Count Porcelli's death was a reality, and that Madame was blackmailing the unfortunate young wife for her own purposes. But although I believed that such was assuredly the case, and that Mrs. Carlton had no real cause to dread dishonour to herself and her child, I had no means of proving my own belief. The moment had come to act, and to act promptly. Mrs. Carlton was overcome by the most terrible nervous fear, and had already got herself into the gravest danger by her theft of the diamond.” (Meade, ch. 8)

This crime committed by Madame Koluchy was diabolical and cruel. She took advantage of Mrs. Carlton’s troubling past and trauma from her old abusive husband and making her believe he is alive still in order to gain control of her and money. The amount of fear and anxiety that Mrs. Carlton was suffering from made me feel so bad for her. She was so afraid that she will lose everything, her husband and son. Madame Koluchy truly is the devil like she claimed her to be. This quote shows the inspiration from Madame Rachel’s crime. Madame Rachel manipulated a rich English woman into believing that some man of royalty was in love with her by forging letters to her, but she is only able to gain access to these letters by seeing Madame Rachel and paying her in order to read them and learn more about their future together. 

“She is like adamant, she has no heart at all. Her sweetness and graciousness, her pretended sympathy, are all on the surface. It is useless appealing to anything in her but her avarice. Fear!--she does not know the meaning of the word.” (Meade, ch. 8)

I found this quote very interesting and important. We never get many descriptions of Madame Koluchy from characters besides her being a devil. We all subtly knew that she was faking the kind and sympathetic personality, but Mrs. Carlton expresses it! The fact that she is able to see how greedy, fearless, and power-hungry Madame Koluchy is under that soft spoken and innocent face just shows how evil of a person she really truly is.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 13: (4/15/22)

The Iron Circlet

“You and your friend will implicate yourselves most seriously if you do what you intend to do. You will run into danger if you meddle in this matter.” (Meade, ch 7)

This quote is foreshadowing what is to come for Mr. Head near the end of this chapter. He had a suspicion that Valentia Ward was working as an accomplice for Madame Koluchy. Valentia Ward tried to stop Head and tell him not to proceed through this investigation, but he completely ignores her pleas even during the major plot points. Head ends up being betrayed by his friend, Lockhart, and was sent to a cave to be tortured and killed by Madame Koluchy’s men. Valentia Ward ends up saving Head but ends up being found dead near the end of the chapter when Head went back to save her.

I believe Meade wanted to present another female character as another example of the ‘New Woman’ and show an alternate view on women by sending a subtle message that women aren’t always evil when they’re intelligent and when they speak on their own behalf. Valentia Ward was a stubborn woman who willingly sacrificed her life to help convince Mr. Head not to follow Lockhart to Madame Koluchy’s location by keeping a close eye on him and speaking to him whenever Lockhart wasn’t present. She ended up saving Head’s life, which finally proved a point to Head that she was actually a good person, while his own friend Lockhart, was the true accomplice of Madame Koluchy.

I was very sad to see Valentia Ward end up dying in this chapter. I felt like she truly represented what the ‘New Woman’ trend really does to all women. She made her own decisions and stuck with her own instincts and didn’t take ‘no’ as an answer. She did something in brave, which men were usually the ones being labeled as brave in stories. By sacrificing her life and risking everything she has by secretly trying to save Head just shows how much of a hero she truly is. Even though I wished she didn’t die in this chapter, her death did make a beautiful ending to show that she did her job and saved Mr. Head from suffering under the clutches of Madame Koluchy. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 12: (4/11/22)

The star shaped marks

“Lady Faulkner looked after his retreating form and I noticed that a new expression came into her eyes— a defiant, hard, even desperate look. It came and quickly went. She clasped her arms more tightly round the boy, kissing him again. I took my own leave soon afterwards, but during the days which immediately followed I often thought with some perplexity of Lady Faulkner, and also of Durham's boy.” (Meade, ch 6)

This chapter is by far the most diabolical crime that Madame Koluchy has committed thus far. She takes advantage of Lady Faulkner’s grievances for losing her own child to a hereditary disease and manipulates her into stealing Durham’s son to have as her own, in order to kill Durham. She tries to kill durham by secretly setting up large X-rays to make him sick, this crime that she personally committed represents and shows the readers how she’s the “mad scientist” of this story. The reason for Madame Koluchy wanting to kill Durham was to destroy the traditional patriarchal network and ending family blood lines, which leads back to the dangers of the ‘New Woman’. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 11: (4/11/22)

 Twenty Degrees

“That night I spent in town, but I had no rest. Since that dreadful moment I have not had an hour's quiet. The man I love is to be the instrument used by Mme. Koluchy for her terrible purpose.” (Meade, ch. 5)

Elsie believes that Madame Koluchy is using North in some manner to get rid of Dufrayer, and that she arranged for him to accept a job at Dufrayer's office for that purpose months ago. The specific crime that is almost committed involves the thermometer in Dufrayer's office, which would be set to explode once it reaches twenty degrees Réaumur (77 degrees Fahrenheit), with North ensuring that the thermometer's temperature was rising to this point in the previous days as well as coordinating for Dufrayer to be in his office when it explodes. 

This crime that was committed by North under the control of Madame Koluchy just shows how wicked Madam Koluchy's criminal mind can be. The fact that she is the head of a secret society is emphasized by this. Throughout the chapter, we see firsthand how she can corrupt and brainwash others into doing things that are illegal, even homicidal. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 10: (4/10/22)

The Luck at Pitsey Hall

"Listen, Vivien," I said; "I promise you that I will not leave a stone unturned to discover the man or woman who killed your father, but you must help me by being calm and self-collected." (Meade, ch. 4)

This quote signifies a different kind of message to the readers. Head said man or woman, which it’s usually referred to as “I will find the man who killed your father.” During the Victorian times, having a woman being labelled as a killer and having the ability to commit such a gruesome crime was very uncommon, so this quote is raising more red flags on the whole ‘New Woman’ trend. It’s presenting it as an act of evil and taking away the innocence and kindness from the entire female community; however, Meade could be addressing this quote in a way to tell women that they are also able to commit such acts of crime and let the female readers feel more powerful for once. 

I personally don’t see this quote as sending a positive message, but I personally believe that Meade wanted to shine some light upon feminism. Women were always referred to as second class citizens; they couldn’t work with men or live their own lives independently without being married. Madame Koluchy could be helping women feel more empowered because she was able to commit such acts of crime and outrun one of the smartest detectives in this story all on her own and with men who serve for her. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 9: (4/10/22)

The swing of the pendulum

“She was the sort of woman to charm the eye and fire the imagination. Her personal attractions were some of her strongest potentialities.” (Meade, ch 3)

 “New Women” still remains one of the most dominant themes so far in this novel. Madame Koluchy swayed people with her looks and ability to put on a kind and respectful personality which made everyone believe that she was an innocent scientist who was looking out for everyone’s health and best interests. Her ability to incorporate her beauty to people is why she is a genius. She uses her innocent beauty to manipulate De Brett’s daughter Geraldine by having one of her men fool Geraldine into believing that he is a duke who wishes to marry her in order to obtain the diamonds for Madame Koluchy from the De Brett’s safe in the bank. 

“He employed the cleverest and most up to date detectives to have her secretly watched, and from time to time they brought us their reports. Clue after clue arose, each clue was carefully followed, but it invariably led to disappointing results.” (Meade, ch. 3)

The amount of power that Madame Koluchy has over everybody is unexplainable. The way she is able to outsmart Mr. Head’s team and get away with her crime without anybody noticing it, shows how incredibly intelligent she really is with handling crimes being committed. This shows that she’s done this many times before. This chapter continues to show how dangerous the ‘new woman’ is.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 kings Entry 8: (4/8/22)

The Winged Assassin

"Innocuous to man, but fatal to the horse," I found myself repeating. The knowledge of this fact had been taken advantage of--the devilish ingenuity of the plot was revealed. In all probability Mme. Koluchy had herself let the winged assassin loose when she had entered the stables on Sunday. The plot was worthy of her brain, and hers alone. “ (Meade, ch 2)

Even though Madame Koluchy is supposed to be the mad scientist and antagonist of this story, I was actually caught off guard by this crime and impressed with her work. The fact that she, herself, went into the stables and put a poisonous fly into Ajax’s stable was absolute genius! She didn’t use poison or a knife, but a fly!! How clever and unnoticeable! She fooled a bunch of men, which were at the time, the only people capable of being the most intelligent and clever. This story seems to only focus on expressing the dangers of the ‘New Woman’ trend, but this probably still impressed a lot of readers at the time like it impressed me. I am super excited to see what other twisted, devious crimes that she’s going to commit in the future chapters.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 7: (4/8/22)

The winged assassin 

"It is not only her beauty which impresses one," she said, "it is also her power--she draws you out of yourself completely. When I am away from her I must confess I am restless--it is as though she hypnotized me, and yet she has never done so. I long to go back to her even when---" She hesitated and trembled. Some one came up, and commonplace subjects of conversation resumed their sway. “ (Meade, ch. 2)

I personally liked this quote. It caught my attention when Alison Carr brought up Madame Koluchy to Mr. Head. The way she expresses herself as being restless whenever she’s away from Madame Koluchy shows how manipulative and powerful, she really is. This story continues to show the dangers of the ‘New Woman’ trend. She uses her beauty and innocence to fool others for her own self gain and keeps them hypnotized, or even addicted to her. The fact that she’s been brought up by so many people that Mr. Head runs in to helps me see what the authors are trying to project to the readers. Mr. Head was once going down a dark path like Madame Koluchy and the other mad scientists from the other novels but he opens his eyes and sees how horrible the consequences were going to be for him, so he flees from that possible fatality and started over, but it is almost as if Mr. Head is going through a withdrawal? He is constantly reminded and asked about Madame Koluchy and I begin to subtly see how the constant mentioning of this woman is making him uncomfortable.

I personally see Madame Koluchy as a puppet master, who controls the minds and actions of others around her, which seems to show through the characters that we have met so far in this novel. I also believe that Madame Koluchy could somehow be after Mr. Head. They were lovers before Head left the brotherhood, which could’ve been unsettling for Koluchy since she seems to get whatever she wants, when she wants it. Since Head couldn’t stay as hers, she could be out seeking revenge on him leaving her after running into him in London, but we will never know.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 6: (4/3/22)

The edge of the crater

“When a young man at Cambridge I had studied physiology, but never qualified myself as a doctor, having independent means; but in my laboratory in the vicinity of Regent's Park I worked at biology and physiology for the pure love of these absorbing sciences.” (Meade, Chap. 1)

Mr. Head is supposed to be the protagonist of this story, given the information about what kind of man he is, especially in the fields of science. He once started off like many of the mad scientists, he was very absorbed in his studies, but his eyes were opened to the horrors of what could happen to him if he continued down this path after seeing Madame Koluchy’s crimes and madness. He is the only character to ever escape this fatality and live his own life in peace; however, Madame Koluchy is still corrupting his mind, which could possibly make him go mad in the end because he starts to grow obsessed with trying to end Madame Koluchy’s reign. 

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 5: (4/3/22)

The edge of the crater

“It was called the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, and dated its origin from one of the secret societies of the Middle Ages. In my first enthusiasm it seemed to me to embrace all the principles of true liberty. Katherine was its chief and queen. Almost immediately after my initiation, however, I made an appalling discovery. Suspicion pointed to the beautiful Italian as the instigator, if not the author, of a most terrible crime. None of the details could be brought home to her, but there was little, doubt that she was its moving spring. Loving her passionately as I then did, I tried to close my intellect against the all too conclusive evidence of her guilt. For a time I succeeded, but when I was ordered myself to take part in a transaction both dishonourable and treacherous, my eyes were opened. Horror seized me, and I fled to England to place myself under the protection of its laws.” (Meade, ch 1)

Madame Koluchy is leader/ boss of the brotherhood of the 7 kings, which represents the ongoing trend of “New Woman” and how dangerous it is to have a woman being independent and speaking for herself. Mr. Head is being portrayed as a victim to Madame Koluchy’s sexual devious nature by claiming that he was in love with her but that was before he opened his eyes to what horrors lie behind her beautiful face. 

I personally feel like Madame Koluchy is like a black widow, even though we have no information about her killing a spouse or even having a spouse, I still see her as the poisonous Arachne. She is beautiful and known by everyone, but don’t be fooled because you might be her next victim.

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The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings Entry 4: (4/1/22)

L.T. Meade

Following under Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, L.T. Meade was a writer for girls’ stories and sensation fiction. Meade started writing stories when she was 17 years old, and she produced over 300 books in her lifetime (WOW). How she was able to create so many books were simply due to her strict writing schedule, where she would have to write 2000 words a day. Meade was also an active feminist and a member of the Pioneer Club, a progressive women’s club founded in Regent Street, London, in 1892. She was also the successor of ever girl’s magazine which came out monthly with 6 original short stories and serials by famous authors (one of them being Robert Louis Stevenson). The magazine also contained scholarship and reading union and readers were invited to send their own creative writings and stories, which prizes were awarded. Besides writing stories for women, Meade also wrote sensational novels that consisted of religion, history, adventure, romance, and mysteries, including with several male authors.  The first author she collaborated with was Dr. Clifford Haflix for 6 collaborations and 11 with Robert Eustace. The Brotherhood of the 7 Kings was one of the stories that Robert Eustace created in collaboration with L.T. Meade. Eustace was known for creating female mad scientists, which inspired L.T. Meade to produce some strong feminist content with him.

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Madame Rachel “Beautiful Forever”!

Madame Rachel was a well-known figure in London. Everybody, especially the women, loved her and considered her to be a blessing; however, none of the women realized that Madame Rachel was truly a merciless con-artist and aa fraud who made a career out of lies, treachery, and the false hopes of her victims. Madame Rachel mixed in very toxic and dangerous chemicals within the beauty products which would slow kill her client’s day by day. Madame Rachel also had a side business of telling fortunes. One lady, who was a victim of Madame Rachel’s manipulative lies, believed that a Duke was in love with her and wished to be with her. Every time the client would come by to hear more about the infatuated duke, Madame Rachel would receive letters for the duke from the girl and she would give her back forged letters that she written herself, in order to keep the girl coming back to her. This particular scheme is what ended Madame Rachel’s reign.

 I personally feel like Madame Rachel was in the wrong for everything that she has ever done; however, I can’t help but be impressed for how well she lied and played all the other women. Especially during a time when women weren’t allowed to work, she was able to own a business and make millions! I am very excited to see how L.T. Meade has created Madame Koluchy since she based her character off of Madame Rachel.