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Baas
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Baba
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Babanine (Family Name)
PersonThe Babanine (Babanin) family was Marie Bashkirtseff's maternal family line. Marie's mother was Maria Stepanovna Babanina, and the family claimed ancient Tatar nobility origins dating to the first Mongol invasion of Russia.
Baccarat
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Bacchus
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Bachmakoff (M. Bachmakoff)
PersonM. Bachmakoff was a Russian official who had served as vice-governor of Poltava, Ukraine, during the time when Marie's mother (Maria Stepanovna Babanina) was a young woman there. The family encountered him in Geneva in 1870 during their flight from Baden-Baden when the Franco-Prussian War was declared.
Bachmetieff
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Bade
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Baden-Baden
PlaceBaden-Baden is a spa town located in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. During the 19th century, it was one of Europe's most fashionable and prestigious resort destinations, earning the nickname "Summer Capital of Europe." The town was particularly popular among European aristocracy, including Russian nobility, and was known for its thermal baths, casino, and cultural attractions.
Badinguet
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Bagatelle
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Bagnitsky
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Bailleul
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Bains Georges
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Bakounine
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Bal (Ball)
CultureA bal (ball) was a formal social event centered on dancing, held in private homes, public venues, or dedicated ballrooms. Balls were among the most important social events of the 19th-century season, offering opportunities for display, courtship, and social advancement. The related forms include the bal masqué (masked ball), bal costumé (costume ball), and the more intimate soirée dansante.
bal d Osmond
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bal de l Opera
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Bal Floreal
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Bal Waddington
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Ballorre
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Ballote
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Balsamo
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Balsorano
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Baltazzi
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Balzac
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Balzorano
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Bang
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Bar-le-Duc
PersonRace horse from Duke of Hamilton's stable, ridden to multiple victories by Prince Louis Esterhazy.
Baranvitch
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Barbe Bleue
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Barbier
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Barbier de Seville
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Barkowsky
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Baron
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Baron Bach
PersonA Russian baron who appeared in Nice society in February 1873. Marie notes he might be suitable for her sister Dina.
Baron Cartier
PersonBaron who rides horses with Gioia.
Baron d Alt
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Baron d Ariste
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Baron de Benkendorf
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Baron de lAriege
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Baron de Mertens
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Baron de Nervo
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Baron de Saint-Clair
PersonFrench aristocrat and accomplished marksman who participated in Monaco pigeon shoots.
baron du Potet
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Baron Finot
PersonA wealthy, titled figure whom Marie wishes Boreel could be. Marie expresses that if Boreel were Baron Finot, she would be "the happiest of mortals." This reference reveals Marie's preoccupation with titles and wealth in her romantic considerations.
Baron Formosa
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baron Haussmann
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Baron Larrey
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Baron Leiss
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Baron P.S.C.
PersonA baron who visits the Bashkirtseff household on Friday reception days. Marie refers to him only by initials.
Baron Rognat
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Baron Schenck
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Baron Schenk
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Baronne de Delvig
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baronne de Linsingen
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Baronne de Wykerslooth
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Baronne Formosa
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Baronne Linsingen
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Barreme
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Barresse
PersonHorse owner at Nice races in 1874.
Barter Family
PersonEnglish family in Nice society. Marie considers them ordinary, not part of the elegant world.
Bartolo
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Bas relief
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Bashkirtseff
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Bashkirtseff father
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Bashkirtseff pere
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Basile
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Basilevitch
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Basilewsky
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Basire
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Basse
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Bastille
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Batignolles
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Batourine
PersonA Russian gentleman who was Marie's mother's suitor in their youth. Friend of Georges and Stiopa, encountered at Wiesbaden during the family's German spa visit.
Batrachomyomachie
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Bauvais
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Bayole
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Bayonne
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Beauharnais
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Beaulieu
PlaceCoastal town between Nice and Monaco, site of social excursions.
Beaumetz
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Beaupin
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Beethoven
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Belle de jour
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Belletti
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Belleville
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Belmare
PlaceA property or villa in Nice that the Bashkirtseff family visited and considered for residence in February 1873.
Benard
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Beni Yang Yang
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Bensa
PersonBensa was one of Marie Bashkirtseff's teachers in Nice during 1873. Based on diary entries, he appears to have been responsible for arranging other professors for Marie's extensive educational program and also taught her directly.
Beraud
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Bergamasco
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Berlin
PlaceBerlin was the capital of the German Empire (1871-1918) and the Kingdom of Prussia. In Marie's time, it was one of Europe's major political and cultural capitals.
Bernardaki
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Berne
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Bernis
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Berron
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Berryer
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Bertellet
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Berthe (Berthe Boyd, Mlle Boyd)
PersonBerthe is **Berthe Boyd**, also referred to as "Mlle Boyd" in Marie's diary. She was a 12-year-old English girl from an aristocratic family whom Marie first met in Baden-Baden around 1870.
Berthe Boyd
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Berthe Lancaster
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Bescherelle
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Besson
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Bete (nickname)
Person"Bete" (French: "beast" or "stupid one") is a nickname Marie uses in her diary for a female family member or close household companion who lived with the family in Nice during 1873-1874. The nickname is characteristically blunt and affectionate in the way Marie often assigned unflattering monikers to people around her.
Bettina
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Bey
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Beyens
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Biarritz
PlaceBiarritz is a fashionable seaside resort town on the Atlantic coast of southwestern France, in the Basque Country near the Spanish border.
Biasini
PersonPeasant who visits the Bashkirtseff household and causes scandal by being given a cigarette in their salon.
Bible
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Bichinsky
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Bidiger
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Biensmuller
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Bihovetz
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Bijou
PersonSomeone known to the family whose distinctive curled hairstyle becomes a reference point for describing Lambertye's appearance.
Bikowski
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Bikowsky
PersonBikowsky was an acquaintance of the Bashkirtseff family, a small man whom Marie had not seen for some time before their chance encounter in Paris in August 1873.
Bilbaut Vauchelet
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Bill George
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Binder
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Bismarck
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Black Prince
PersonA riding horse used by Marie for her morning rides with Paul in Nice.
Blackprince
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Blanc (Family)
PersonFrench family in Paris society. "Le petit Blanc" (young Blanc) is rumored in 1880 to be having an affair with Berthe, Marie's married friend.
Blanche
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Blanche Boyd
PersonEnglish society girl who marries Lord Henry Paget.
Blancho
PersonM. Blancho - encountered in Nice society. Seen near Bashkirtseff home watching Marie with a lady in a fiacre (May 5, 1874).
Blois
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Blumel
PersonName used by Anna at charity auction.
Boabdil
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Body
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Bogdanoff
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Bogoluboff
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Bogreyeff
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Bohemiennes de Moscou
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Bois
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Bois de Boulogne
PlaceThe Bois de Boulogne is a large public park on the western edge of Paris (16th arrondissement), covering 845 hectares. During Marie Bashkirtseff's time, it was the preeminent venue for fashionable Parisian society to see and be seen. Marie's daily carriage rides through the Bois were a central ritual of her social life in Paris, and the park appears throughout her diary as a backdrop for social observation, romantic longing, and displays of elegance.
Boishébert
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Boissier
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Bon Marche
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Bonnat
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Book 04
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Bordeaux
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Boreel
PersonAlfred Boreel, frequently mentioned in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary, was a young man she regularly encountered during the winter social season in Nice in 1873. Based on Marie's descriptions, he appears to have been:
Borghese
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Bosslovleff
PersonRussian family with daughters ("demoiselles Bosslovleff") who attend social events in Nice.
Bossuet
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Botkin
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BOTKINE
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Bouba
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Bouchon
PersonShoe merchant in Nice, described disparagingly by Marie.
Bouffes Theater
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Bougival
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Bouguereau
CultureWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) was one of the most celebrated French academic painters of the 19th century. He was a professor at the Académie Julian and served as a juror for student competitions and Salon submissions.
Bouillet
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Boulanger
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Bouldakoff
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Bouldokoff
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Boulevard des Capucines
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Boulevard Haussmann
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Boulevard Malesherbes
PlaceA fashionable boulevard in Paris's 8th and 17th arrondissements, connecting Place de la Madeleine to Parc Monceau. In the late 19th century, it was an elegant residential area with townhouses (hôtels particuliers) housing wealthy Parisians.
Bourbaki
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Bourbon
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Bourbon de Naples
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Bourbons de Naples
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Boutowsky Family
PersonRussian family who have become the new social favorites in Nice, displacing others in the Howard circle.
Bouville
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Bouvin
PersonBouvin was a contemporary artist known to Rodolphe Julian and Marie in 1880. When Julian critiqued Marie's painting from Mont-Dore in October 1880, he described it as "a mixture of Bastien-Lepage and Bouvin."
Boyd
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Boyd Family
PersonThe Boyd family was an English aristocratic family that Marie Bashkirtseff encountered in Baden-Baden around 1870. The family represented the kind of fashionable, well-connected international elite that Marie desperately wanted to join as a child.
Boyton
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Brady
PersonA person who recognizes Marie along with Dady. Part of Nice society.
Bragelonne
Culture"Le Vicomte de Bragelonne" - the third and final volume of Alexandre Dumas' d'Artagnan trilogy, following "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After."
Branicki
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Bravura
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Bravura Family
PersonA family in Nice's social circle in the 1870s. Marie mentions "les petits Bravura" (the little Bravuras) attending the Aivazovsky exhibition on March 1, 1874, suggesting they were children or young people.
Brazza
Person[Research needed]
Break
CultureA break (also spelled brake) is a large, open, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, originally designed for breaking in (training) young horses and later adopted as a sporting and excursion vehicle. The English word was used directly in French, reflecting the anglophilia of 19th-century French upper-class culture.
Bresil
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Breslau
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Bretagne (Brittany)
PlaceBrittany (Bretagne), the westernmost region of France, appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary in connection with French geography and travel. In the 1870s-1880s, Brittany was one of France's most distinctive regions, with its Celtic heritage, rugged coastline, and traditional culture. It was also becoming an increasingly popular destination for artists, who were drawn by its dramatic landscapes and picturesque villages.
Brisbane
PersonOne of Marie's artist models and friends at the atelier in Paris during early 1881. Brisbane is described as one of Marie's "principaux modèles et complaisants à l'infini" (principal models and infinitely obliging).
Brisson
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Broglie
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Broussais
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Bruges (Bruges)
PlaceBruges, the medieval Flemish city in Belgium, was a popular destination for culturally-minded travelers in the 19th century. Famous for its remarkably preserved medieval architecture, canals, and art collections (including works by Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and other Flemish Primitives), Bruges offered Marie Bashkirtseff an encounter with a distinctly Northern European artistic tradition.
Brunet
PersonA servant in the Bashkirtseff household. Marie is mortified to find herself blushing when his name is mentioned.
Bruschetti
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Brussels (Bruxelles)
PlaceBrussels, the capital of Belgium, appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary as a destination on her European travels and as part of the cultural geography of her world. In the 1870s-1880s, Brussels was a thriving European capital with a vibrant artistic and cultural life, closely connected to Paris through language, culture, and the railway.
Buen Retiro
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Bueno
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Bulwer
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Buonocore
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Burgos
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Bussi
PersonJeweler in Nice who sells diamond jewelry and ornaments.
Bussy d Amboise
Culture[Research needed]
Bute
PersonA name that fascinates Marie, similar to how Hamilton's name affected her.
Byron
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