The Assembly Rooms on George Street were a spectacle of aristocratic opulence and decadent luxury. Under the dazzling glare of twelve colossal crystal chandeliers holding three thousand beeswax candles, the elite of British society mingled in a sea of silk, satin, and diamonds. Orchestral waltzes by Strauss echoed across the polished parquet ballroom, competing with the clinking of crystal champagne flutes and the polite laughter of high-ranking government ministers, lords,…
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