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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Saturday, 31 January 2015

A few days in Oxford

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Good morning! This was my view as I emerged from work yesterday afternoon. I am back in Oxford, carrying out some research for my biogr...

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Thursday, 23 December 2010

Anne Boleyn's Christmas presents

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Claire Ridgway over at The Anne Boleyn Files posts a fascinating article on the presents Anne both gave to and received from King Henry VI...

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Sunday, 31 October 2010

Mr. Jefferson in Paris

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"Are all men created equal, Mr Jefferson, or should this read 'all white men are created equal'?" So asks a French a...

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Tuesday, 20 July 2010

The Finnebrogue Estates in Northern Ireland

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Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland offers a fantastic account of one of the oldest and finest homes of the Protestant Ascendancy in Ulster - ...

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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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