Friday, 28 October 2011

A woman out of legend: The Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and Queen of England (Part 2)

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After a very long delay to this blog's Lives of the Queens of England series, here is part II of the three-part life of Eleanor of Aqui...
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The King of Romania addresses Parliament on his 90th birthday

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Looking remarkably good considering today was his ninetieth birthday, His Majesty King Michael I of Romania gave a strong and confident spe...
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Sunday, 16 October 2011

Remembering Marie-Antoinette

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Today is the two hundredth and eighteenth anniversary of the terrible execution of Marie-Antoinette. The thirty-seven year-old Queen was be...
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Sunday, 9 October 2011

"Scathingly witty": Elena Maria Vidal's review of "Popular"

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Regular readers of this blog may have read my reviews of Trianon and Madame Royale by American writer, Elena Maria Vidal. Now, Elena has ...
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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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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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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

27th September, 1501: Katherine of Aragon sets sail for England

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On The Anne Boleyn Files, Claire Ridgeway discusses the day the fifteen year-old Katherine of Aragon left her native Spain to marry into t...
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