Confessions of a Ci-Devant

Musings on history, life, popular culture, and art by historian Gareth Russell. All opinions, unless otherwise stated, are either my own or possibly Gabrielle de Polignac's.

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Friday, 30 November 2012

"Trash written by trash": The Belgian royal family responds to its critics

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A few weeks ago, I posted an article on how the British royal household seems to be getting sassier with unwarranted attacks on the royal...

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Thursday, 9 August 2012

Marie-Astrid: the Queen who never was

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The 1981 marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer was one of the most famous media events of the century. The splendo...

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Monday, 7 March 2011

"Juarez" (1939)

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Novelist Elena Maria Vidal reviews the classic 1939 movie Juarez , about the downfall of the Mexican monarchy and the establishment of a re...

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Saturday, 5 March 2011

Defending the Belgian monarchy

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The blog The Cross of Laeken, written by a regular reader of this blog and an expert on the Belgian monarchy, answers some of the rather lu...

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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

The Legend of Queen Astrid

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This is a fascinating story and one that is not particularly well-known in English-speaking countries. On his excellent blog, The Cross of...

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Tuesday, 6 April 2010

The Age of Anne Boleyn

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“But to come to her death... She was convicted and condemned [and] she was not twenty-nine years of age.” - Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria ...

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Gareth Russell: Gareth Russell is the author of four works of non-fiction, including the critically-acclaimed biography of Queen Catherine Howard, "Young and Damned and Fair", and two novels set in his native Belfast.

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