Curiosity? Improper in a young lady of good family. Interested in things mechanical? How uncouth. A potential assassin? Just right for Mademoiselle Geraldine’s school!! Steampunk plus young lady spies-in-training – smashing! I do so want a steam-powered mechanimal dachshund like Bumbersnoot, even if I would have to break his coal into tiny nibbles. Read excerpts … Continue reading Etiquette & Espionage, by Gail Carriger (fiction) – curtsies, hankies, and poisoning lessons