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    African Nocturne
    African Nocturne
    EricaNarakawa
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      Reads 72
      7272
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    • Parts
      Parts 19
      1919
    • Time
      Time 1h 1m
      1 hours, 1 minutes1h 1m
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    • Reads
      Reads 72
      7272
    • Votes
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      00
    • Parts
      Parts 19
      1919
    • Time
      Time 1h 1m
      1 hours, 1 minutes1h 1m
    EricaNarakawa
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Sep 19, 2021
    Mature
    "We knew this was going to happen from the start, so why did we do it? "
        
        1900, not long after Oscar Wilde has been imprisoned for homosexuality.
        Arthur, the only child of the British noble,  the Marquess of Granister, has just graduated from university.
        He sets off with his tutor on a journey to see the world as a Grand Tour, and in Paris, he met the love of his life.
        Bertrand is an impoverished painter who loves the opera "La Traviata."
        The two were fell in love, but Arthur needs to return home soon or later. Knowing this, Bertrand takes him up on his offer and sets off for Africa.
        They travel to Mombasa, the capital of the British East Africa protectorate, and then to Nairobi. What awaits them in the land feared as the Dark Continent? And at the end of their journey, where will their love end up?
        
        Set in Paris, Mombasa, Nairobi, Cambridge and Yorkshire, this colonial M/M romance spans 46 years and three generations of the Marquess of Granister.
        
        M/M romance
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    • africa
    • bell-epoque
    • boyxboy
    • historical
    • nobleman
    • painter
    • victrian
    africabell-epoqueboyxboyhistoricalnoblemanpaintervictrian
    Table of contents
    • Part 1: Paris, 1900 - page1
      Sun, Sep 19, 2021
    • Part 1 page2
      Sun, Sep 19, 2021
    • Part 1 page3
      Mon, Sep 20, 2021
    • Part 1 page 4
      Mon, Sep 20, 2021
    • Part 1 page 5
      Mon, Sep 20, 2021
    • Part 1 page 6
      Mon, Sep 20, 2021
    • Part1 page 7
      Tue, Sep 21, 2021
    • Part 1 page 8
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • Part 1 page 9
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • Part 1 page 10
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • Part 1 page 11
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • Part 1 page 12
      Thu, Sep 30, 2021
    • Part 1 page 13
      Thu, Sep 30, 2021
    • Part1 page 14
      Sat, Oct 2, 2021
    • Part 1 page 15
      Sat, Oct 2, 2021
    • Part 1 page 16
      Sat, Oct 2, 2021
    • Part1 page 17
      Sun, Oct 3, 2021
    • Part1 page 18
      Sun, Oct 3, 2021
    • Part 1 page 19
      Wed, Oct 6, 2021

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    "We knew this was going to happen from the start, so why did we do it? "
        
        1900, not long after Oscar Wilde has been imprisoned for homosexuality.
        Arthur, the only child of the British noble,  the Marquess of Granister, has just graduated from university.
        He sets off with his tutor on a journey to see the world as a Grand Tour, and in Paris, he met the love of his life.
        Bertrand is an impoverished painter who loves the opera "La Traviata."
        The two were fell in love, but Arthur needs to return home soon or later. Knowing this, Bertrand takes him up on his offer and sets off for Africa.
        They travel to Mombasa, the capital of the British East Africa protectorate, and then to Nairobi. What awaits them in the land feared as the Dark Continent? And at the end of their journey, where will their love end up?
        
        Set in Paris, Mombasa, Nairobi, Cambridge and Yorkshire, this colonial M/M romance spans 46 years and three generations of the Marquess of Granister.
        
        M/M romance

    19 parts

    • Part1 page 17
      Sun, Oct 3, 2021
    • Part1 page 18
      Sun, Oct 3, 2021
    • Part 1 page 19
      Wed, Oct 6, 2021
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