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.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Obituary: Diana, Duchess of Wellington (1921 - 2010)

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The Daily Telegraph and The Times are carrying the obituaries concerning the recent death of a member of the Ascendancy by marriage, Her Gra...

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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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Monday, 1 November 2010

November 1st: The Feast of All Saints

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From the blog Cross of Laeken comes a prayer for today's feast - the Feast of All Saints - with an illustration of one of my favourite...

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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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Saturday, 30 October 2010

A new biography of Cleopatra

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I have to say I agree with Elena Maria Vidal in being excited about Stacy Schiff's new biography of Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of E...

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Thursday, 28 October 2010

"The Enchantments of Romance"

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"There is no name in the annals of female royalty over which the enchantments of romance have cast such bewildering spells as that of A...

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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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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