“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
MY fave restaurant in Paris. Right round the corner and about a minutes walk from the Place Vendôme, Been there several times. When you treat them with courtesy and respect, the waiters are wonderful. One night the place was full, so me and my partner-in-crime sat outside at a table on the pavement. Being chatted […]
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Vaux-le-Vicomte There is a phrase that I do NOT like – “Mandela Effect.” It’s beyond stupid but there is definitely a systematic scrubbing of history going on in “internet-land” Right NOW! Things that I knew that I knew but are no longer available online include the chateau above and the book below. Sometime late in […]
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I know it’s POETS Day. And I am (kind of) sticking to the earlier post on poetry, but I thought I’d go all girly today. Constance Lloyd She said the quote above about her husband (!) Also – I have a niece named Constance but everyone calls her Connie :o)
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Many years ago I researched and wrote a short novel titled Veritas. It centred around Paris, 17th century, the #first theatre there, their pre-police police force and Louis XIII’s brand new (?) Jardin des Plantes. I never published. Veritas became such an over-used word. Which is not a crit of Sean. Just life in general […]
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This’ll bring in the HATERS! Whatever! LOL I’ve stayed in L’Hôtel Ritz, Paris…………………… four times now. And I WILL stay there again :o) Side Note : Have I mentioned that I – might – quite – like Robbie’s voice? I’m not sure (?)
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No matter WHAT! Wiki : 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull Wiki : Computer says NO! We were already in a hotel right beside Heathrow (because of an early morning flight) when this happened and we woke up to the news. What? But? It took about 5 hours to organise everything. No plane? We can drive. We […]
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Because I have no time right now to trawl through thousands of pages of handwritten notes and hundreds of books Anne of Austria’s Opulent Bathroom Cardinal Richelieu’s SECRET librarian who plundered books from all over that now lie in reverence in MAJOR French libraries P.S. The Palais Cardinal/Royale in Paris is amazeballs :o)
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OK. If y’all STILL haven’t the slightest clue about why I do what I do – I offer you Louis the F1RST! WikiSigh : Louis I, Duke of Orléans Read Wiki. And look at the image above (?) Make the connections. Clues – His Wife. Valentina Visconti (TAROT?) His Son. Charles (BOLINGBROKE CASTLE, Lincolnshire. Jehanne […]
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I know a little bit about this French poet. Veee – yon! And despite what may or may not be true about him/his life/his history – I’ve always connected with the verses attributed to him. 1431 ? Correct me if I’m wrong but – didn’t Jehanne d’Arc get burned to death in 1431? ? ?
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MY family Ancestors NEVER EVER let ME down! HEIDRA Denmark. Vikings. Tattoos. Guitars. Music. GLORY! 36% Scottish 29% Scandinavian WHO knows Who SHE is & EXACTLY Where SHE Came from ? FAF Highlanders. Scots. Vikings. Tartarians. Russians. Way to go y’all. HE HAS BEEN SACRIFICED. AGAIN. Shame on YOU!
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I don’t EVER use SAVNAV. I aced map reading in HM Forces Training (!) I am a pretty hooman good, but not entirely perfect, navigator? That’ll be 3 times I’ve MeNav drivers round the Paris Périphérique using my 17th C French history research on les Portes de Paris (?) Sat Nav Fails Storm Ali Scotland […]
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OK. Anyway…A few days ago I asked not to be taken back here. Guess what….? Wiki : Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne And yes. I have his book. Read it! When you write Historical Fiction it is VITAL to look at least 2 generations behind & 2 generations ahead. Cause and […]
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Hidden History Research 