Click2Flicks - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG): - The Story Behind The Movie - Chapter 1 - Preface

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff cellpadding=5> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN<br> (LXG):</p> <p>THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE</b></font></p>  <table width="590"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" valign="top" bgcolor="000000" colspan=2><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="3" color="FFFFFF"><b>STORY CHAPTER LINKS</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width="104%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="#preface"><b>1. STORY PREFACE</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch2.htm">2. ALLAN QUARTERMAIN</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch3.htm">3. MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch4.htm">4. ANTI-GRAVITY and CAVORITE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch5.htm">5. CAPTAIN NEMO and the NAUTILUS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width=102% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 border=0> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch6.htm">6. AMERICA IN 1898</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch7.htm">7. 1898 ATTITUDES</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch8.htm">8. JOHN BULL and UNCLE SAM</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch9.htm">9. WWI AIR SHIPS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch10.htm">10. USED AND RECOMMENDED SOURCES</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p><font size="3"><a name="preface"><b><u>PREFACE</u></b></a></font></p> </div> <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3 color=000000><b><i>The British Empire<br> has always encountered difficulty<br> in distinguishing between its<br> heroes and its monsters.<br><br></b></i></b></i> <a href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1563898586.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Preamble</b></a> to<br> <i>The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</i><br> by Alan Moore<br><br></b></i></b></font> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p align="justify"><font face="arial,helvetica" size=3 color="000000">It is 1898 - only a decade after <a href="http://www.click2flicks.com/from_hell/from_hell_ch1.htm" target="_blank"><b>Jack the Ripper</b></a> terrorized London. European countries, largely headed by monarchs who are <a href="http://www.click2disasters.com/lusitania/the_lusitania_ch13.htm" target="_blank"><b>related</b></a> to each other, have formed potentially dangerous alliances. Those rulers have unwittingly positioned themselves, and their respective populations, on the edge of a precipice. In a mere sixteen years, the world would be <a href="http://www.click2disasters.com/lusitania/the_lusitania_ch2.htm" target="_blank"><b>at war</b></a>.</p> <p>Against this real-life backdrop, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen spins a tale of 19th century intrigue and fantasy. The heroes of the story, in Her Majesty’s service, are famous literary characters. Leading the charge is Allan Quartermain.</p> </div> <p align="right"><font size="2"><a href="extraordinary_gentlemen_ch2.htm">GO TO CHAPTER 2</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.awesomestories.com/content/about_author.htm" target="_blank"><b>Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.</b></center></a></p><br> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </body>