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• Marie Mancini and Louis XIV

  

  Portrait of three of the nieces of Cardinal Mazarin portrayed as goddesses, Venus, Juno and Diana, unknown artist. Photo: Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Windsor Castle

  

  Photo: Melanie Clegg.When I posted the other day about my forthcoming fortieth birthday (eek!), many of you expressed astonishment that I had ‘visit Windsor... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Marguerite d’Anjou

  

  As some of you may have discerned from various mumblings on my blog’s Facebook page, I am currently frenziedly working away on a novel about Marie de Guise,... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Salisbury Cathedral

  

  Buoyed up by our amazingly successful visit to Wells, I decided to persuade my husband that we really ought to attempt a trip to Salisbury to take a look at... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Wells Cathedral

  

  I don’t usually post very much about Medieval history here but due to getting really into the research for my sixteenth century novel (which has led me WAY... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• How to Ruin a Queen

  

  ‘On 5 September 1785, a trial began in Paris that would divide the country, captivate Europe and send the French monarchy tumbling down the slope towards the... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Do You Remember Your First Time?

  

  No, not THAT. I am referring, of COURSE, to your first Georgette Heyer novel. Duh.As I’ve mentioned a couple of times on here, I was effectively banned from... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Great War in Costume at Bath Fashion Museum

  

  “The war is usually seen through military eyes. However, it could not have been won without the efforts of millions of women. They proved what they could do –... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Alexandrine Le Normant d’Étoilles

  

  , Boucher, private collection.Although Versailles is better known as a very adult sort of playground, full of gilt and priceless treasures, I’ve always been... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• A Georgian Day Out in Bath

  

  As I’ve mentioned several times before on here, I am fortunate enough to live less than twenty minutes train journey away from Bath, that most revered and iconi... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Lover’s Eye Jewellery at Tatty Devine

  

  Eye miniatures, early nineteenth century. Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum.As we all know, the eighteenth century was a bit of a heyday for weird, wonderful an... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Red Lodge, Bristol

  

  Although this blog is mostly London centric, that doesn’t mean that we don’t have some pretty amazing history stuff going on here in Bristol, albeit on a... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Royal Childhood at Buckingham Palace

  

  ‘From well-loved toys and treasured family gifts to tiny childhood outfits, a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace will give an unprecedented glimpse into... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Sleeping Beauty’s Daughter – Émilie De Sainte-Amaranthe

  

  Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe.Sadly, not much is known about Émilie, who was reputed to be one of the most beautiful women in Paris in the early 1790s. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Charlotte Corday and the Murder of Marat

  

  At 7am on the morning of Sunday, the 13th July 1793, a young woman, just twenty five years of age, with neatly arranged curling chestnut hair and clear blue eye... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Bastille Day Books!

  

  The Storming of the Bastille, Singleton. Photo: Christie’s.Happy Bastille Day!Ah, it’s that time of the year when people better organised than my husband and I... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Ten Historical Fiction Beach Reads

  

  Yup, it’s that time of year again. You know the one. The time when the sun starts to come out and we all start fretting about the state of our winter dry and... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Devon Wedding Weekend

  

  I’ve been thinking for a while that I need to do something a bit extra with this blog as all the history posts can get a bit dry and it’s nice to shake it up a... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Madeleine De Valois, Queen of Scots

  

  Madeleine de Valois, Corneille de Lyon, c1536.Sorry for being so quiet at the moment but I am up to my EARS in the two books that I seem to be working on at... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• May 2014

  

  I should have posted this ages ago but it’s better late than never, I suppose! Although this blog will still retain its emphasis on women’s history, I also... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY