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Deeper meaning behind ancient eye makeup?

Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is depicted on a painted limestone statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Stock Cleopatra’s Eye Makeup Warded Off Infections? Kate Ravilious for National Geographic News January 14, 2010 Cleopatra and her kin knew a thing or two about...

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The Devil’s Whore

The Devil’s Whore was a mini series originally run on BBC, and while I am having a hard time finding on US format DVD, I did happen to find most of the episodes on youtube.  While Angelica Fanshawe wasn’t a real person in history, her story revolves around a true story of the English Civil War.  The series...

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Lady Jane Rochford

So I am still reading my way through Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll and have decided to blog my way through it as well, well at least the parts I find most interesting that is.   While finishing the section on the infamous Henry VIII, I came across this passage: “Swooning with fear, Lady Rochford was dragged...

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Royale Affairs and Queen Claude of France

While reading Royal Affairs by Leslie Carrol, which I LOVE so far by the way, I have found a small error regarding Queen Claude.  Leslie Carrol writes: “Mary Boleyn remained at the French court, where she became a lady in waiting to the new queen, Claude, the wife of Louis’s son François” Claude...

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Katherine Swynford’s Decendents

While reading a new book I picked up, Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll, I came across a woman by the name of Katherine Swynford.  Katherine  was famously known as John of Gaunt’s Mistress, whom  he eventually married after the death of his second wife. This caused a fuss among the aristocracy of their time. ...

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Anna Leszczyńska

Poor, poor, poor Anna Leszczyńska, not much is written about her life.  Anna was born on May 25, 1699 in Trzebnica, Poland to King Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland and Catherine Opalińska. After 18 years of life Anna died on June 20, 1717 of pneumonia. Why is this all that is known about poor Anna? My guess...

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Maria Anna Mozart

Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, better known as Nannerl, was the sister of famed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and like her brother, an accomplished musician in her own right.   She was born on July 30 (though some historians say July 31st) 1751 in Salzburg, Austria to parents Leopold Mozart, a composer and violinist,...

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Madness of Henry VIII

While researching for my newest post I landed at NatGeo for some historical inspiration and finally the angles sung and I found the source of this post.  While Anne Boleyn is clearly one of my favorite people in history and Jane Seymour I could care less for, Henry VIII made his mark in history with all his six wives. ...

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Let them Eat Cake!

While this popular statement is always credited to Marie Antoinette the fact of the matter is, she didn’t say it at all!  Well what did she say to be accused of telling the starving populous to eat cake?  Why nothing other then being the target of a angry public in a unstable time in France’s history.  ...

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Queen Vashti of Persia

Vashti’s story begins to become interesting when on the death of her father, the new King Darius captures young Princess Vashti and takes pitty on her and marries her to his son Xerxes I (also commonly known as Ahasuerus). Now it is important in this story to know Vashti was the great granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar,...

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