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Tartan
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane by Charles JervasGeorge IV by David Wilkie, 1829Colonel William Gordon by Pompeo Batoni, 1765Sir James Macdonald & Sir Alexander Macdonald by William Mosman,...
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15 Minutes With: Rachel @ Regency History
Today I'm kicking off a new interview series: “15 Minutes With…” that will introduce you to my favourite history bloggers and writers, all people who greatly inspire me. This series will give me and...
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The Tolstoys' Life In The Country
Ilya Tolstoy, the son of the great writer, reminisces about his childhood in the country:From my earliest childhood until the family moved into Moscow — that was in 1881 — all my life was spent, almost...
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My Historical Crushes
Admit it. You too have one (or two, or three) historical crush. Maybe you sigh over a painting of the dashing but cruel Saint- Just. Or you swoon over the military exploits of Prince Rupert of The...
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Book Reviews: A Champion's Duty, P Is For Princesses, & Well-Heeled
Hello everyone,are you ready for today's book reviews? Let's get started then:A Champion's Duty by Lavinia CollinsI thoroughly enjoyed The Warrior Queen, the first book in the new Guinevere trilogy....
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Haydn's Parents
In his biography of Haydn, J Cuthbert Hadden rememebers the parents of the celebrated composer:The composer's father, Matthias Haydn, was, like most of his brothers, a wheelwright, combining with his...
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The Beauty Secrets Of A 19th Century Lady Of Distinction
The secret of preserving beauty lies in three things:—Temperance, Exercise, Cleanliness. [...] Temperance includes moderation at table, and in the enjoyment of what the world calls pleasures. A young...
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15 Minutes with Susan @The Freelance History Writer
15 Minutes With is an interview series that allows us to get to know a bit better the bloggers behind our favourite history blogs. It's with great pleasure that today I introduce you to Susan Abernethy...
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Historical Reads: Maria Duchess Of Gloucester
Heather Carroll remembers Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, a niece of Horace Walpole. To quote:After three years of marriage Maria was a widow with three young children. In those three years she had also...
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Anne Boleyn's Execution
When dawn broke on the morning of 19th May 1536, Anne Boleyn was already awake, hearing the Mass and receiving the Sacrament from John Skip, her almoner, for the last time. She probably didn't get much...
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Movie Review: Gigi
I adore musicals, especially those made during the Hollywood's golden era, in the 1940s and 1950s. One of my favourite is Gigi. Based on Colette's novella, it tells the story of a teenager groomed to...
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Marie Antoinette And The Chevalier D'Assas
In his biography of the unfortunate Queen of France, Charles Duke Younge recalls how Marie Antoinette remembered and paid homage to a fallen war hero:In the Seven Years' War, when the French army,...
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The May Queen
Marie-Jose of Belgium was brought up to become Queen of Italy, but she only stayed on its throne for 35 short days, which gained her the affectionate nickname of May Queen. The last Queen of Italy was...
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Interview With Anne Clinard Barnhill, Author Of Queen Elizabeth's Daughter
Today, I'm very excited to bring you an interview with author Anne Clinard Barnhill. For the past twenty years, Anne has written books, short stories and articles. Her latest work is Queen Elizabeth's...
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A Hairdo Fit For Sleigh Drives
The Correspondance Secrete, on 9 January 1775, reported the hairdo worn by Marie Antoinette on her sleigh rides:The Queen has invented for her sleigh drives a headgear which combines well with the Ques...
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The Lady Mary Writes To Thomas Cromwell
The Lady Mary, the only daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, had always blamed Anne Boleyn for her parents' divorce and the subsequent ill-treatment she had received from her father. On 26th...
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Book Reviews: Secrecy, The Lost Art Of Dress, & The Time Bandit Solution
Hello everyone,ready for today's reviews? Let's get started then:Secrecy by Rupert ThomsonSecrecy is an unusual novel. Set in Florence at the end of the 17th century, when both the Medici dynasty and...
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Angelica Kauffman
Self-portraitBorn on 30 October 1741 at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, Angelica Kauffman was the daughter of an artist. Her father had originally gone to Chur to paint some frescoes in a church, had...
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Marie Antoinette's Jewels
Marie Antoinette loved jewels, and often got in trouble for it (even when she refused to purchase them!). During the years, she had amassed a sumptuous collection, most of which was unfortunately lost...
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"15 Minutes With Elizabeth @ Scandalous Women
For the third installment of the 15 Minutes With series, I'm very thrilled to introduce to you to Elizabeth K Mahon. Elizabeth has always been interested in women's history. Her passion has led her to...
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