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October Offerings: Books to Chill Your Bones
Who doesn't love a scary story--preferably one read in candlelight while nestled in a cozy chair as the wind (or are those spirits?) howls outside? If you're looking for a ghost story, check out these...
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2018 Reading Treasure Marie Antoinette Holiday Gift Guide
'Tis the season for a Marie Antoinette gift guide! If you're looking for the perfect gift for that special someone in your life--and that special someone happens to share a penchant for all things...
View Articlehappy new year! what's in store for 2019
Happy New Year! I haven't been the most consistent blogger this year, but with a new year comes a new determination to actually keep a blogging schedule. That's why for 2019, I've created a special...
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Inspired Tuesday: Vintage 'Marie Antoinette' wallpaper
Introducing Inspired Tuesday: a day to share anything and everything inspired by Marie Antoinette and her world.[image credit: Gent, Design Museum/© KIK-IRPA, Bruxelles (X047580)]This lovely...
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Portrait Wednesday: Marie Antoinette In a Riding Outfit by Joseph...
Introducing Portrait Wednesday: a day for sharing portraits of Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries.This charming pastel portrait of Marie Antoinette as a teenager--done just a year after her...
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Book Thursday: 'Marie-Antoinette et ses soeurs' by Anne-Marie Desplat-Duc...
Introducing Book Thursday: a day for anything and everything books; reviews, highlights, and more. [image credit: Flammarion/via Amazon.fr]Marie-Antoinette et ses soeurs(Marie Antoinette and her...
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Film Friday: A storyboard for Marie Antoinette (1938)
Introducing Film Friday: a day for sharing movie stills, production art, film analysis and anything film related![credit:Profiles in History, via icollector.com]This atmospheric storyboard was sketched...
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'What They Said' Saturday: "I like this wild spot."
Introducing 'What They Said' Saturday: a day for quotations of all kinds, including excerpts from letters written by Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries, memoirs, non-fiction, novels and everything...
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Museum Sunday: A plate from the perles et barbeaux service
Introducing Museum Sunday: a day for highlighting objects, books, and other items from the collections and lives of Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries. [imagecredit: Pescheteau-Badin, via...
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Music Monday: Le Versailles secret de Marie-Antoinette soundtrack by Renaud...
Introducing Music Monday: a day for contemporary music, soundtracks and other tunes related to Marie Antoinette.Le Versailles Secret de Marie-Antoinette is the latest documentary from Arte focusing on...
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Inspired Tuesday: À La Rose from Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Inspired Tuesday: a day to share anything and everything inspired by Marie Antoinette and her world.[image: Fragrantica]Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a fragrance house founded in 2009 under the...
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Portrait Wednesday: Maria Theresa of Savoy by Giuseppe Duprà, circa 1762
Portrait Wednesday: a day for sharing portraits of Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries.This lovely royal portrait by Giuseppe Duprà is a depiction of a young Maria Theresa of Savoy, better known as...
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Book Thursday: Four French covers for 'Destin de Reine' by Victoria Holt
Book Thursday: a day for anything and everything books; reviews, highlights, and more.One of my little hobbies is collecting images of book covers, and historical fiction novels from the 50s-60s are a...
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Film Friday: A screenshot from Marie Antoinette (1938)
Film Friday: a day for sharing movie stills, production art, film analysis and anything film related!A screenshot from Marie Antoinette (1938); from the scene where the newly-coined dauphine Marie...
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What They Said Saturday: A quote from 'Versailles: A Novel' by Kathryn Davis
[credit: © RMN (Musée du Louvre) /Michèle Bellot]"He cut my hair, I stepped on his foot.When you look up, clouds; when you look down, the same. Blue sky and clouds, suddenly, water. Suddenly against...
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Museum Sunday: A spinning top owned by Louis Charles, son of Marie Antoinette...
Museum Sunday: a day for highlighting objects, books, and other items from the collections and lives of Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries.[credit: Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Bl]Louis...
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Music Monday: Marie-Antoinette Song from Kaiser! König! Karl!
Music Monday: a day for contemporary music, soundtracks and other tunes related to Marie Antoinette.Kaiser! König! Karl! is a German children's television program, akin to the BBC's Horrible Histories,...
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What They Said Saturday: 'In undertaking yet another biography of Queen Marie...
Now back to our regularly scheduled program after a brief unannounced hiatus! Though I may not be doing themed posts every weekday in order so that I may keep up with other types of posts as well, so...
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Museum Sunday: A nightlight owned by the duchesse d'Angoulême
Museum Sunday: a day for highlighting objects, books, and other items from the collections and lives of Marie Antoinette and her contemporaries. [image credit: Chez Osenat, via Auction.fr]]This Sèvres...
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Bassin de Bacchus à Versailles (1912-1913) by Marcel Jefferys
Marcel Jefferys (1872-1924) was a Belgian painter whose work covered a breadth of subjects; including, of course, the palace of Versailles. Several lovely paintings of the famed palace and its grounds...
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