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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: Chevalier Saint-Georges: The Black Mozart

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Chevalier Saint-Georges: The Black Mozart. The Chevalier Saint-Georges was a deadly swordsman, skilled equestrian, gifted musician, and unmatched lover. Intimate friend of Marie Antoinette, the Duc d'Orleans, Choderlos de Laclos (author of Dangerous Liaisons),. A contemporary wrote of Saint-Georges:. Although George Bologne was married, he took Nanon as his lover. She was his only lover and Joseph, the future Chevalier Saint-George, would be his only son. In 1747, George Bologne was unjustly accused of m...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: The Réveillon Riots

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Death to the rich! Death to the aristocrats! What caused such violence? To understand the cause of the riot, let us first take a look at the lives of the people involved. Owner of the Réveillon Wallpaper Factory, had entered the world of commerce as a common apprentice tradesman, haberdasher and stationer. For several years, he ran h. Is own shop, importing a variety of wallpapers from England. After making a financially advantageous union, he was able to expand his business. Soon, the. After tossing Hen...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: The Real Renée Bordereau

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The Real Renée Bordereau. There is a character in my novel, Silence in the Mist. Named Renee Bordereau. In my book, she is a bold, brave solider in the Army of the Vendee and the mentor of my heroine, Francoise Despres. In real life, Renee was a larger character than I sketched. Accompanied by a band of 15 fearless riders,Renee conducted a guerilla war, harassing the republican armies. Posted by Leah Marie Brown. You have left a comment on my blog! Until then.au revoir and bonne chance! Marie Antoinette ...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: Playing with Benjamin Franklin's Instrument

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Playing with Benjamin Franklin's Instrument. Franklin and his instrument. Benjamin Franklin died on this day in 1790. In his honor, I thought I would share a few of the more titillating tidbits about his life. M. My regular readers are probably thinking, "Why are you telling me about furnaces and ocular devices? I didn't come to this page to be bored with scientific jargon and trivia, I came here to be titillated. Titillate me! Franklin's instrument created a sensation in America and Europe. Everyone...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: Lions & Tigers & Bears, Mon Dieu!

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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Mon Dieu! Do you spy the monkey in the bottom left corner of the above engraving by Hogarth? Does the creature seem to be out of place in the eighteenth century salon? Id you know that in 18th Century France, many aristocrats kept exotic animals as pets? Marie Antoinette's chief lady-in-waiting, Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James, the Princesse de Chimay, kept a monkey as a pet. O. In 1782, the prince de Poix arranged to purchase an ostrich, dromedary, camel, tiger, and a pair of lio...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. To Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos, author of. Who died of dysentery and malaria on this day in 1803. Was a masterpiece of fiction based on the real-life, tangled amorous relations of 18th Century French aristocrats. Any similarity between myself, la Comtesse Marie, and characters within the novel are purely coincidental, I assure you.). Although Laclos successfully wrote about the diabolical machinations of members of the. He was actually born into. Laclos was bu...

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: THURSDAY'S TITILLATING TREASURE: Pay me, s'il vous plaît

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THURSDAY'S TITILLATING TREASURE: Pay me, s'il vous plaît. The document on the left might look serious, with its curvy calligraphy and concentrated script, but it is really nothing more than a bill. It says, in essence, that by order of the Queen, Marc-Antoine-François-Marie Randon of the Tower, the General Treasurer, is to pay the Monsieur Bonnefoy-Duplan, her launderer, 250 pounds cash (150 for services rendered and 100 for housing). The payment covered the first half of 1783. Posted by Leah Marie Brown.

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: The Last Letter of a Desperate Mother

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The Last Letter of a Desperate Mother. The letters found by Olivier Blanc. Were written by prisoners of the Plessis, the Carmes, Saint-Lazare and the Luxembourg. Collected by prison guards and handed over to the public prosecutor, the letters were never delivered to the families of the condemned. I would like to share one of the letters, believed to have been written by Antoinette Albisson, with you. To Citizen Fouquier-Tinville,. Public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Posted by Leah Marie Brown.

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Titillating Tidbits About the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette: Tuesday's Titillating Treasure: Marie Antoinette's Favorite Things

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Tuesday's Titillating Treasure: Marie Antoinette's Favorite Things. Photograph by Francis Hammond. This jewelry armoire was designed for Marie Antoinette by the cabinet maker Jean-Ferdinand Schwerdfeger and decorated with bronze work by Pierre-Philippe Thomire. It was delivered to the Palace of Versailles in 1787 - just two years before the beginning of the French Revolution. Photograph by Francis Hammond. Did you know that Marie Antoinette was a collector (some might even say a Royal Hoarder)? Side note...