I also thought they were 'historical', but Melusine is the name of the city in which the main part of the story unfolds. There are vague references to the Melusine story, but only if you keep your eyes open for them.
And Felix is..interesting. It took me some time to like him, but now I really appreciate him. I kind of lost my heart to Mildmay, mostly because the character voice Monette has given him is very unique and oddly poetic.
As for the dome. I suppose it could be akin to the dome on Hagia Sophia, or the Dome on the Rock in Jerusalem (which was built around year 700 IIRC). But I think Western Art History is just to drilled into me. I read dome and automatically thought; Brunelleschi, Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. :)
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Date: 2006-10-08 08:51 pm (UTC)And Felix is..interesting. It took me some time to like him, but now I really appreciate him. I kind of lost my heart to Mildmay, mostly because the character voice Monette has given him is very unique and oddly poetic.
As for the dome. I suppose it could be akin to the dome on Hagia Sophia, or the Dome on the Rock in Jerusalem (which was built around year 700 IIRC). But I think Western Art History is just to drilled into me. I read dome and automatically thought; Brunelleschi, Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. :)