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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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

The Ultimate Social Climber?

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From the portrait painted by Madame Lebrun, Gabrielle de Polignac gazes out at the world with bambi-eyed complacency. She looks so comf...

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Saturday, 1 October 2011

My interview in THE IRISH TIMES

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My interview with THE SUNDAY TIMES was published in July 2011. The interview is by Pavel Barter, the photograph by Kelvin Boyes. "A B...

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Friday, 29 April 2011

Congratulations!

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"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire." - Saint Catherine of Siena, quoted in today's wedding sermon...

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Sunday, 24 April 2011

Eva Perón: The Public Death of a Legend

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The first sign that all was not well with Argentina's controversial First Lady came when she did not attend the Flag Day ceremonies in ...

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Thursday, 24 March 2011

Elizabeth Taylor: A Novelist Remembers

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I am planning to write my own tribute post to the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of seventy...

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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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