Friday, December 12, 2014

TB: Character: Elizabeth Longstreet Sommerset

Miss ..... Elizabeth Longstreet Sommerset

"Of the Savannah Sommersets, if you please, sir. Atlanta is so low; all that new money."

Bachelor's degree majors in Ancient Greek, Latin, etymology. Master's degree in Symbolic Logic.

Doctorate in Ancient Cultures.

Working on a second Doctorate in linguistics.

She has her own theory (The Babel Theory) that all languages are connected to a unique, extinct root.

She's an expert swordswoman - lettering in Fencing (foil and epee) while at Mt. Holyoak and Wellesley University. Even to this day she is known to show up and teach Yale's fencing club a lesson in humility. When out and about, she carries a lady's umbrella with a hidden epee blade.

cryptography being her hobby/obsession

When she publishes, it's under the name "Peter Longstreet." She's like a grand niece of General James Longstreet (called Pete by his friends), and uses his name when she writes.

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