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Showing posts with label Marie Antoinette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marie Antoinette. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Mysteries of Marie Antoinette and Her Family

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Yesterday I listened to this episode of the History Extra podcast , an interview with Nancy Goldstone about her new book, In the Shadow o...
Wednesday, October 06, 2021

The Secret of Sir Barrington Beaumont

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While reading about Count Axel von Fersen for yesterday’s posting , I saw some intriguing anecdotes in his Wikipedia entry, quoted from The...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Elements of Marie Antoinette’s Letters

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The Swedish count Axel von Fersen (1755-1810) came to Rhode Island in 1780 to serve as an aide-de-camp to Gen. Rochambeau , commander of t...
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