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Charles II’s Great Escape

23 April 2019
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International woman of history, biographer, posh doomer, thwarted nihilist, not goth, Saint-Just fan girl, chaotic good, anxious, flame haired Robespierre, ENFP, a sweet titbit for the Devil's mouth.

Currently working hard on my fifth book - a study of women guillotined during the French Revolution.

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  • I finally finished The Mirror and the Light this morning and am still thinking about it hours later. I actually wept as I read the last few paragraphs as it was so sad and so heartbreakingly beautiful. After three books, I genuinely feel like I know and like Mantel's Cromwell more than most of the people that I know irl so I actually feel genuinely bereaved right now. What an achievement, what an absolute triumph. #books #writing #writer #history #16thcentury #tudor #tudors #cromwell #hilarymantel #wolfhall #themirrorandthelight #heartbroken 💔
  • The final edits and bits and bobs are now all done and my fourth book is officially finally ready to go to print. It'll be out at the end of June! #art #arthistory #beauty #history #inspiring #beautiful #portrait #19thcentury #victorian #queenvictoria #royalfamily #royal #royalty #queen #princess #empress #tsarina #elegance #Russia #russianhistory #romanov #books #writing #writer
  • I know that people talking about their crafting is up there with Duolingo progress, Ancestry DNA results and dreams as amongst the most boring topics ever but nonetheless I want you all to see my current lockdown knitting project as it is SO PRETTY. I'm making myself a glittery, opalescent, mermaid rainbow coloured striped shawl for the summer. #knitting #crafts #lockdown #stayhome
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  • Today's painting by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is her delightful 1784 portrait of Madame Royale and the Dauphin Louis Joseph seated in a garden, which was commissioned by their mother Marie Antoinette. Although the portrait is clearly more informal than most royal portraiture of the period, Vigée Le Brun nonetheless painted the children in their grand court clothes, underlining their rank and importance - particularly that of the Dauphin, who wears his Order of the Saint-Esprit, which he had been awarded on the day of his baptism. Unlike the previous year's painting of their mother in her informal muslin dress, this portrait was much praised and admired at the 1785 Salon. Madame Royale would be the only member of her immediate family to survive the Revolution. #art #beauty #arthistory #inspiring #beautiful #portrait #history #18thcentury #rococo #fashion #versailles #paris #france #frenchhistory #womenshistory #fashionhistory #lovely #pretty #glamour #elegance #marieantoinette #princess #royal #frenchrevolution #royalty #vigeelebrun #womanartist

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