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Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru
What you need to know before your trail
Philadelphia, early 1844. As violent tensions escalate between ‘nativists’ and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe’s fears for the safety of his wife Virginia and mother-in-law Muddy are compounded when he receives a parcel of mummified bird parts. Could his nemesis have returned to settle an old score?
Just as odd is the arrival of Helena Loddiges, a young heiress who demands Poe’s help to discover why her lover died at the city’s docks on his return from an expedition to Peru. Poe is sceptical of her claims to receive messages from birds and visitations from her lover’s ghost. But when Miss Loddiges is kidnapped, he and his friend C. Auguste Dupin must unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soulmates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru.
Locations
Reset- America/ USA - PA - Philadelphia
- A: Delaware and Schuylkill river
- B: 70th Ave
- C: Walnut Street Theatre
- America/ USA - MD - Boston
- D: Port harbour
- E: Water Street
Travel Guide
Philadelphia
You can take the man out of the city but you can;’t take the city out of the man – well that’s not strictly true in this case as Edgar Allan Poe and Philadelphia. This is the city where he spent some happy years and there’s a very special building you need to go to – National Historic SitePennsylvania
If you pop over to MD, Baltimore there’s the Baltimore house and museum
The city comes alive with the taxidermy,the cobbled alleyways and the Penn Acadmy of fine Arts where Poe and Laddinge spend much time.
They also head to the Wissakuckon area to go and study birds ( the living ones)
Boston
A city where the port they sail into is rough and full of ruffians. The port is described a wash of life from the ruffians and those tumbling out of the taverns. Water street seems to be the worst place.
Peru
The mystery of the Jewel of Peru is a series of stories and legends wrapped around an enigma inside of several puzzles by the sound of things. There are many old legends around the fact there there might be a Kings treasure trove tucked away deep in the mountains of Peru.
Cusco
Cusco, a city in the Peruvian Andes, was once capital of the Inca Empire, and is now known for its archaeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture.
The land of the Cloud Warriors as we see in the novel.
Mexico
Bizarrely there is a street named after the great man himself in the city of Mexico! not far from the American park
Streetview Maps
C) USA - Philadelphia - Walnut Street Theatre
D) USA - Boston - harbour
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru
Destination : Philadelphia,Boston, Peru Author/Guide: Karen Lee Street Departure Time: 1844
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