Boscombe Down

I used to live a hop and a skip away from… Wiki : Boscombe Down And two hops and a skip away from… Wiki : Porton Down   Such a shame that Wiki has forgotten all and everything about True Truth. Alice. Don’t go THERE, sweetheart :o(

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Cemetery of the Innocents

Again with the old 17th century France research.   Wiki :  Cimetière des Saints-Innocents    The history books say that the soil there was so rich (!) it could consume a cadaver in seven days! This links with more of my past searches.   Wiki : Cour des miracles   Always with the “gypsy” slums. […]

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Nakşidil Sultan

Well. This one has blown me away. I understand now why I mentioned Nakşidil Sultan, in passing, the other day. She has a connection to le Brun via Selim III (previous posts) And the common denominator is… Napoleon Bonaparte. It’s all a bit twisty turny  right now. But I’ll get there :o)

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1789 – The French Revolution

Yes. I admit. I could be wrong. But…..? It’s feeling very much like The Same Ol’ Same Ol’ Story here. What happened to the le Brun family? No guesses.  

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FAF Housewife Doing Her Usual FAF 30 Posts a Day?

OMG! Le Brun came from CATHAR country. How very dare I be so annoyingly annoying to certain people. M’eh. Housewives CAN multi-task, I guess. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN ;O)        

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Read it. And Weep

26 April 2019 : Wordless   The Hidden History of the Comnenus. If y’all don’t “get it” then….!!!!!

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Back to le Brun via Antarctica

Under his supervision, eleven ships of the line, four frigates and two transport ships were built in Russia. And in particular, the two ships of the first Russian Antarctic Expedition of Bellinghausen and Lazarev  : the “Vostok” and the “Mirnyi”    Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Mikhaïl Lazarev

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Oh! That’ll Be WHY, Then!

  It had less to do with nationality and more to do with brains. The Empire had the “clever” ones. The EggHeads. The very best of the best Scientists, Engineers and Doctors etc. And the Romanov hijacked them.  

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Jacques Balthazar Brun of St. Catherine

A few days ago I posted – ALL ROADS LED TO… There was a name in there that I recognised from my research into 17th century France. So I went to check it. The wrong le Brun but… Let’s try this one Wiki : Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte-Catherine   There seems to be a theme […]

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Ravens of Dinefwr

Shoot! This one reminded me that I was meant to be writing a book. Heyho.  

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All Roads Led To…

…Shakespeare. Well, in my world anyway. The following was written by a British Admiral/Pasha serving in the Turkish Navy.     “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to […]

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