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'''Charles Augustus Howell''' (1840 – 1890) was an [[England|English]]-[[Portugal|Portuguese]] art dealer who gained notoriety as a blackmailer that later inspired [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s {{Wiki|Sherlock Holmes}} story "{{Wiki|The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton}}". | '''Charles Augustus Howell''' (1840 – 1890) was an [[England|English]]-[[Portugal|Portuguese]] art dealer who gained notoriety as a blackmailer that later inspired [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s {{Wiki|Sherlock Holmes}} story "{{Wiki|The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton}}".<ref>{{WP|Charles Augustus Howell}}</ref> | ||
Howell was a friend and business agent of both [[John Ruskin]] and [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]. He was also a friend of [[Felice Orsini]], the failed regicide of Emperor [[Napoleon III]] of [[France]].<ref name="CH9">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 9</ref> In 1869, he persuaded Rossetti to exhume the remains of his late wife [[Elizabeth Siddal]] in order to retrieve her poems that | Howell was a friend and business agent of both [[John Ruskin]] and [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]. He was also a friend of [[Felice Orsini]], the failed regicide of Emperor [[Napoleon III]] of [[France]].<ref name="CH9">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 9</ref> In 1869, he persuaded Rossetti to exhume the remains of his late wife [[Elizabeth Siddal]] in order to retrieve her poems that were buried alongside her.<ref name="CH10">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 10</ref> | ||
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Charles Augustus Howell (1840 – 1890) was an English-Portuguese art dealer who gained notoriety as a blackmailer that later inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".[1]
Howell was a friend and business agent of both John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He was also a friend of Felice Orsini, the failed regicide of Emperor Napoleon III of France.[2] In 1869, he persuaded Rossetti to exhume the remains of his late wife Elizabeth Siddal in order to retrieve her poems that were buried alongside her.[3]
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Charles Augustus Howell on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot – Chapter 9
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot – Chapter 10