Showing posts with label Motherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motherhood. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Sara Cockerill discusses her new biography "Eleanor of Castile: The Shadow Queen"

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Hi, Sara, and welcome to the blog. Congratulations on the publication of your biography of Eleanor of Castile. I'm sure it's a ...
Wednesday, 6 November 2013

The mothers of the queens of England

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To mark the completion of my new book on the British royal families (release date, 2014), I thought I'd post on the mothers of the E...
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011

October 5th, 1789: The revolution reaches Versailles

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  "At first only women showed themselves; the latticed windows of the palace were closed, and the Bodyguard and Flanders regiment were ...
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

November 2nd, 1755: The Birth of Marie-Antoinette

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"Her Majesty has been very happily delivered of a small, but completely healthy, Archduchess."   - Count   Khevenhüller, Court Cha...
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Thursday, 28 October 2010

The Queen and the Tsarina

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"Both women were vilified in ways that transcended all reality by their political enemies. In order to pull apart a family, destroy th...
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Saturday, 16 October 2010

October 16th, 1793: The Execution of Marie-Antoinette

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"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood ...
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Anne Boleyn: The Mother

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"Courtiers were often embarrassed by Anne’s displays of affection for her baby and that she loved to have Elizabeth next to her on ...
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010

"The Fair Maid of Brabant": The Life of Adeliza of Louvain, Queen of England

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“It has not been granted to you from Heaven that you should bear a child to the King of the English… Perhaps the Lord has closed up your wo...
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Friday, 13 August 2010

Daughter of the Church: The Life of Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England

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"From the time England first became subject to kings, out of all the queens none was found to be comparable to her, and none will be f...
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Saturday, 10 July 2010

An interview with Elena Maria Vidal, author of "Trianon"

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Following this blog's review of her debut novel, "Trianon," based on the lives of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette d...
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010

"The leaves were yellowing:" Trianon (2010)

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"Before long, they were driving through the black, golden-tipped gate of the Little Trianon. The carriages were reined in in front of ...
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Tuesday, 8 June 2010

More on the fox attacks in London

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The Daily Mail is carrying more information on the terrible attack by an urban fox on the two infant daughters of high street fashion desi...
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Thursday, 6 May 2010

May 6th, 1536: The Mystery of the Queen's Letter

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“At the close of life, thoughts hitherto unthinkable rise into the mind of one who meets his fate with resignation; they are like good spir...
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Marie-Antoinette's Adopted Children

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American novelist, Elena Maria Vidal, profiles a lesser-known aspect of the private life of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, the heroine o...
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