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• A Poor Little Rich Girl – Louise Marie Adélaïde De Bourbon

  

  Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Vigée-Lebrun, c1788. Photo: Château de Versailles.Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (known as Marie-Adélaïde) was born on the... Read more

  The 13 March 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Ibrahim Rouza, Bijapur – The Black Taj of South India

  

  2 huge imposing monuments stood in front of me, with an equally imposing gate guarding them with lush green gardens running along its pathways; this was my firs... Read more

  The 19 March 2014 by   Memirza15
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• Caroline Bonaparte

  

  Murat, Wicar, 1809. Photo: National Gallery of Umbria, Perugia. Difficult and mean though Caroline may well have been, I absolutely adore this portrait. Read more

  The 25 March 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Dr. Pauling’s Prediction of a Mutation in Beta-Globin Which Causes Sickle Cell...

  

  [Guest post written by John Leavitt, Ph.D., Nerac, Inc., Tolland, CT.]Linus Pauling lecturing on sickle cell anemia, Kyoto, Japan. Read more

  The 05 March 2014 by   Scarc
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• Princess Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk

  

  Mary Tudor, Queen of France, unknown artist. Photo: Musée Carnavalet, Paris.The thing about princesses is that they are rarely even nearly so beautiful as Disne... Read more

  The 18 March 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Mariana Victoria of Spain – Portrait of the Week

  

  Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, Belle, c1725. Photo: Château de Versailles.Today, we’re going to take a step back to the eighteenth century and the awkward... Read more

  The 31 March 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• A New Crimean War? Really?

  

  As a historian watching Vladimir Putin's Russia flout international law to send troops into Crimea – part of the separate country of Ukraine – it is truly hard... Read more

  The 03 March 2014 by   Kena
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• The Mystery of Princess Louise – Book Review

  

  Princess Louise, Graefle, 1864. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014I often feel like Queen Victoria’s rather copious family is... Read more

  The 18 March 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Clarence Sinclair Bull: The Man Who Shot Gable and Leigh

  

  Clarence Bull (center, to right of camera) photographing Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh for Gone With the Wind. Notice the famous red ostrich feather dress... Read more

  The 16 March 2014 by   Kendrajbean
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• Board Game Review – Smash Up

  

  Smash Up is published by AEG and designed by Paul Peterson. It’s a shuffle-building game in which you choose two factions and try to win victory points by havin... Read more

  The 23 March 2014 by   Manofyesterday
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