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Part 1 ✅ Humbert Humbert you sickfuck

Chapter 4 ✅

- glimpse of the Ottoman influence
- eccentricities of King Rudolph II
- collector of exotic fauna & rocks
- Prague as a center of mystery and intrigue in the 16th century
-town of Viscri

Chapter 4 & 5 ✅

Chapter 3 ✅

Chapter 3: Charles V's & Ferdinand I reign + Max I's early years + bunch of random things

- Charles V has air of melancholy
- still shapes history after his death
- first instance of incest within Habsburg
- Innsbruck, Tyrol & Further Austria area
- Protestant vs Catholic & Habsburg role in it
- Graz, permanent war council
- Uskok of Senj, immoral Christian pirates, double-edge sword
- Cesky Krumlov

Chapter 2: The early HRE Habsburgs emperors

-Frederick III the first
- Maximilian I, man of action & intellect, attached the fam name w Empire, made up genealogy descended from Hector to ensure family, marry princess of Burgandy
-Philips marries Juana, daughter of Castille's Isabella & Aragon's Ferdinand II, gets Spain, their 4 daughters marry kings, 2 sons
-Charles V & Ferdinant I get Spain & Hungary, use relics

Chapter 1: origins of how the Habsburg family came to power

Central Europe's paranoia against invasion from all sides. (WestEuro,Hun,etc)
This fuels Charlemagne to establish the Holy Roman Empire.
Generations passed and the election system (seven electors made up of kings,dukes,etc) crowned Frederick III as emperor, which unintentionally led to a single ruling family for hundreds of years to come - The Habsburgs.

Book 4: Dog Spirits ✅

Ah, the 1990s

Book 3 : Pig Frolics ✅

So many things happened in his chapter. After all, it's set during the peak & final years of Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Book 2: The Strength of an Ox ✅

Ngl, lowkey heartbreaking

Book 1: Donkey's Miseries ✅

I will read Jane Austen's work eventually so why not start reading one in honour of her 250th birthday

Yeah, i should start reading something happy/wholesome for once 💀

Part 1 ✅ what a wild ride. Onwards to part 2

Appendix 3/3 ✅
The Exchange
Learning to Leave the Flesh
The Ambergris Glossary (peak metafiction)

Appendix 2/3 ✅
The Hoegbotton Family History
The Cage (absolute banger)
In the Hours After Death (perfect palate cleanser after The Cage)
A Note from Dr V to Dr.Simpkin
The Man Who Had No Eyes

Appendixes (1/3) :
A letter from Dr V to Dr Simpkin
X's Notes
The Release of Belacqua
King Squid

The Strange Case of X ✅

The Transformation of Martin Lake ✅

The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris ✅

Dradin, In Love ✅

Third Incantation