Marina Amaral colourises a photograph of Franz Ferdinand taken a couple of minutes before his assassination on 28 June 1914

Marina Amaral has colourised a snap of Franz Ferdinand taken a couple of minutes before his assassination on 28 June 1914. The Archduke wears the pale blue tunic of a general of cavalry, black trousers with red stripes and a cap with green parrot feathers. His wife, the Most Serene Duchess of Hohenberg, who was killed the same day, wears a white hat with an ostrich plume

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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Marina Amaral colourises a photograph of Franz Ferdinand taken a couple of minutes before his assassination on 28 June 1914

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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