An encouragement to those looking to expand the cultural horizons of steampunk

Jan 12, 2010 01:45

"Britons did not hesitate to exchange their bowlers for turbans, tarbushes or mandarin caps if only they were given men whom they could lead into battle. Lawrence of Arabia was a wonder and a curiosity in this century, but there were hundreds of his countrymen like him who performed similar exploits in the previous century."
- Byron Farewell, Queen ( Read more... )

references, histories, culture

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fetishman January 12 2010, 11:27:57 UTC
sounds like a good read, i'll keep an eye out for it, cheers!

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thanks! hexidecima January 12 2010, 15:45:59 UTC
looks very interesting. Just from following links, I expanded my horizons a lot about the Victorian period. No wonder we ended up in WWI after all of the tussling in the previous decades.

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