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The blood of a King
When Louis XVI died at the guillotine on January 21, 1793 it was said people dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood. I had always considered it more myth than legend- until I did some research. I had to look … Continue reading
Tricateuse: Witness to the Execution
It is French for knitting woman, but the word tricoteuse has far greater significance than that. As the guillotine slices off another head of the French aristocracy during the Revolution, a tricoteuse sits in morbid calm watching the proceedings, returning … Continue reading
Posted in historical, politics
Tagged 1789, 1793, French history, French Revolution, guillotine, history, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Paris, tricoteuse, Versailles, Women's March on Versailles
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Moulin de la Galette: Loved by Artists, Moulin Rouge’s Older Wiser Sister
It was a piece of art that remained in my grandfather’s portfolio; a cashe of his young life in Europe. A time when he traveled with his mother and sister from Canada to England to follow his father in World … Continue reading
Interesting Men: Oliver Wendell Holmes
He was a Renaissance man- a polymath in the company of Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang van Goethe. A law student who wrote poetry in his free time, he would go on to become an eminent medical doctor and … Continue reading
Mercy Brown: Accused Vampire
She has the dubious distinction as one of the last known cases of vampirism in the United States. Born in Exeter, Rhode Island, Mercy Brown was the third victim in her family to die. George Brown, her father had buried … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800's, consumption, Edwin Brown, Exeter, George Brown, Mary Brown, MErcy Brown, Rhode Island, tuberculosis, vampire, vampirism
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Brushed With Mystery 