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• Book Review – Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham

  

  For those of you who have read my blog before you might know that Maugham is my favourite writer of all time, so I’m already predisposed to like this book (thin... Read more

  The 15 November 2014 by   Manofyesterday
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• Commonplace Books of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

  

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  The 29 November 2014 by   Kendrajbean
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• Grand Duchess Olga

  

  Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, with Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna, Pasetti, 1896. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014. Read more

  The 15 November 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Marie Antoinette and the Petit Trianon

  

  The Petit Trianon is a sumptuous jewellery box of a house, tucked away in the Versailles park. Designed in 1762 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and paid for by Louis XV... Read more

  The 02 November 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Princess Mary Stuart

  

  One of my all time favourite characters (she was a bit of a scene stealer in my novel Minette, about her younger sister, Henrietta), Princess Mary Henrietta... Read more

  The 04 November 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Guest Two: Robert Spake and His Experiences with the Indie Publishing World

  ManOfYesterday:Guest post I did talking about my experiences of freelance writing! Originally posted on Ana is the Bookworm: There we are again! Guest... Read more

  The 26 November 2014 by   Manofyesterday
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• Speaking Arms - the Chappe Telegraph

  

  In the eighteenth century, it took the best part of a week to get a message from Paris to the naval port of Brest and receive the reply. By 1800, it could be... Read more

  The 08 November 2014 by   Carolineld
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• Marie De Guise

  

  , Corneille de Lyon, c1537. Photo: National Galleries of Scotland.It’s probably no secret that my next novel, The Thistle Queen will be about Marie de Guise, th... Read more

  The 22 November 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Crystal Palace in Paris

  

  The amazing Crystal Palace, star of the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park and later of Crystal Palace Park in Sydenham, was destroyed by a fire in 1936. Read more

  The 17 November 2014 by   Carolineld
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• Peaky Blinders

  

  I don’t watch much television (and when I do, it is never live so I’m always a bit behind anyway) so I’m terribly late to the Peaky Blinders party. Read more

  The 11 November 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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