tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post2147505717643447322..comments2024-03-26T07:37:54.729+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Ci-Devant: The kindness of Marie-AntoinetteGareth Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-59336905482248058812011-11-23T19:02:33.714+00:002011-11-23T19:02:33.714+00:00Thanks for your kind words, Miladyblue, and I'...Thanks for your kind words, Miladyblue, and I'm very glad you enjoy the blog. "Ci Devant" was a derogatory term used by the French revolutionaries to describe a person who subscribed to the values of pre-revolutionary France. So, here, it's used a little tongue-in-cheek, I suppose, but also as a nod to the fact that I'm much more anti- than pro- the French Revolution.Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-24066433086173489752011-11-23T18:45:55.628+00:002011-11-23T18:45:55.628+00:00Great post! The Queen was a very kind and compassi...Great post! The Queen was a very kind and compassionate woman. It's so unfair this side of her is often forgotten while all the lies about her are still remembered and, too often, believed too.giohttp://historyandotherthoughts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-66909033268792990712011-11-23T04:08:28.677+00:002011-11-23T04:08:28.677+00:00How terrible then, during the outbreak of the revo...How terrible then, during the outbreak of the revolution, that she was painted as such a nasty, shrewish airhead who was callous enough to say about people starving for lack of bread, "Let them eat cake!"<br /><br />What's really sad is that that quote, attributed to Her Majesty, is still what people actually think she said.<br /><br />I decided to come out of admiring readership miladybluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063936507480569735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-58618131873122525672011-11-22T19:28:34.769+00:002011-11-22T19:28:34.769+00:00Thank you for the link. I am always learning more ...Thank you for the link. I am always learning more about the kindness of the Queen.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-34341149297998168602011-11-22T15:05:16.059+00:002011-11-22T15:05:16.059+00:00I saw Marie-Antoinette's wax face-mask at Tuss...I saw Marie-Antoinette's wax face-mask at Tussaud's last week and, I can tell, you, she was indeed a real beauty.Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com