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Napoléon & Joséphine
Marie-Antoinette
- Birth of an Archduchess
- Born on the day of the Lisbon Earthquake?
- Marie-Antoinette and the croissant
- "Let them eat cake?"
- The Grand Palais exhibition
- Her wedding
- Why "the Austrian Woman?"
- Marie-Antoinette's first laying-in
- On PBS
- Sleigh rides
- A portrait in purple
- Marie-Antoinette and the end of rococo
- Souvenirs at auction
- The "Little Queen" is is not Marie-Antoinette!
- Her best likeness
- Marie-Antoinette and Fersen: lovers?
- The Queen's execution
- La Chapelle Expiatoire
- Marie-Antoinette's tomb at Saint-Denis
- Empress Eugenie as Marie-Antoinette
Versailles: the palace
Life in 18th century France
- Court costume (ladies)
- Court costume (gentlemen)
- Fashion Ambassadress
- Carnival in Paris
- Water in Paris: an environmental nightmare
- Bridal Attire
- Potatoes and Politics
- 18th century shoes
- The Perils of Childbirth
- Scenes of peasant life
- A provincial chateau
- Arriving in Paris from the provinces
- Dressing for Court
- Paris fashions on the eve of the Revolution
- The sweetness of living
The French Revolution
- La Conciergerie: palace to prison
- What really happened on Bastille Day?
- The Federation, 1st anniversary of Bastille Day
- The 10th of August 1792: fall of the monarchy
- The execution of Louis XVI
- The Duchesse d'Orléans: a revolutionary romance
- The Hope Diamond and the Revolution
- Citizen Belley: a revolutionary portrait
- Food and Revolution (interview)
- General Dumas, father of Alexandre Dumas
- Grace Elliott, memoirist
- Robespierre: "No one likes armed missionaries"
The Tuileries: the destiny of a royal palace
Boillly, painter of everyday life in 1800 Paris
Louis XV: fiancée, wife, daughters...
Author Interviews
Notes on my book covers
Film Reviews
Flowers & gardens
Let's speak of books
Painters & paintings
- 17th Century Religious Art from Spain
- Vigée-Lebrun: Marie-Antoinette's favorite painter
- Vigée-Lebrun's portraits of Madame du Barry
- Boucher, Chardin and the French Revolution
- Boucher and Chardin at the Wallace Collection
- Watteau: Return from Cythera
- Fragonard: The Model's Debut
- Sir Anthony Van Dyck, gentleman paynter
- More Van Dyck
- Van Dyck and Britain
- The Merians: women of art and science
- Madame Vigée-Lebrun and Caroline Bonaparte
- Marguerite Gerard, painter in 1789
- Van Gogh's Montmartre
- A Boucher Nativity
- Fragonard's Winter
Golden Legend
Helpful links
- Le Louvre (official site in English)
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- English-French online dictionary
- French-English online dictionary
- Historical Novel Society
- Shelfari
- Gallica (French National Library online)
- HistoricalFictionOnline
- Project Gutenberg
- Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Royet - Notes et Archives 1789-1794
- Stock.XCHNG (free photographs)
- Agent Query
- 18th Century Worlds
- bit.ly (URL shortener)
- French keyboard
- TransferBIGfiles.com
Reviews of Mistress of the Revolution
- Associated Press (via SF Chronicle)
- Historical Novels Review (Editors' Choice Title)
- Families.com
- Historical Tapestry
- Tea at Trianon
- A Striped Armchair
- Dear Author
- Huntress Reviews
- Romance Junkies
- Flame Daughter
- J. Kaye's Book Blog
- The Book Connection
- Virtual Wordsmith
- Book Fetish
- Booking Mama
- Boychik Lit
- Romance Novel TV
- Coffee Time Romance
- Seacoast Online
- Hillary & Brian McCormack
- Laura's reviews
- Epinions.com (Telynor)
- World of Royalty
- Dani Torres - A Work in Progress
- Tanzanite's Shelf and Stuff
- Cottage Way of Life
- The English Geek
- Van Gogh's Chair
- Dallas Book Diva
- Enchanting Reviews
- Aspire
- Help 4 New Moms
- Life and times of a new New Yorker
- SingleTitles.com
- Lucy Pick Books
- Books'N Border Collies
- Harriet Klausner/Genre Go Round Reviews
Interviews & Guest Posts
- History Buff - Interview
- My First Sale - DearAuthor.com
- Divine Caroline - Interview
- Beyond the books - Interview
- Virtual Wordsmith - Interview
- American Chronicle - Interview
- Romance Junkies
- The Writer's Life - Interview
- What I did to promote Mistress of the Revolution
- Writing historical fiction - Storycrafters
- Paperback Writer - Interview
- Story behind the book
- The Book Connection - Interview
- Fiction Scribe - Interview
- Loaded Questions - Interview
- Writing the Renaissance - Interview
Blogroll: History & Historical Fiction
- Tea at Trianon
- Writing the Renaissance
- Susan Holloway Scott
- Two Nerdy History Girls
- History Buff (Michelle Moran)
- Ellen and Jim have a blog, Two
- Reading the Past
- Historical Tapestry
- Baroque Explorations
- Susan Higginbotham
- Enchanted by Josephine
- Yesterday Revisited
- Historical Boys
- Carol A. Spradling
- Aneca's World
- Tanzanite's Shelf and Stuff
- The Mysteries of Jehanne d'Arc
- Tanzanite's Book Covers
- Lucy Pick
- Unusual Historicals
- Grosvenor Square
- Le Fleur de Lys too
- Edwardian Promenade
- Wonders and Marvels
- Scandalous Women
- Raucous Royals
- Georgiana's Gossip Guide
- History Undressed
- Hoydens and Firebrands
- Lady Georgianna
- Marie-Antoinette's Gossip Guide
- Overhead in 18th century Paris
- The Grand Tour
- Weave a Garland of my Vows
- Costume Drama Reviews
- En la corte del Rey Sol
- La Jacobine
- Passages to the Past
- The Queen's Diamonds
- Kill them all...
- Historical-Fiction.com
- Lights, Camera... History!
- Retronaut
- The Misadventures of Moppet
Blogroll: Jane Austen
Blogroll: Reading, Writing & Publishing
- Buzz Balls and Hype
- Sandra Gulland Ink
- Dear Author
- Galley Cat
- Loaded Questions
- Smart Bitches Trashy Books
- The Debutante Ball
- A Striped Armchair
- Just My Type
- My Friend Amy
- My Own Little Reading Room
- Jennifer Linforth - Tip of the Quill
- Reading and Beading
- A Work In Progress
- Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Lover
- Historical Novel Review
- Reading Adventures
- Seaside Book Worm Blogger
- Simply Wait
- Reading Adventures
- Books' N Border Collies
- Rosina Lippi (Sara Donati)
- All Things Considered
- Kris Waldherr
- The Burton Review
- The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy
- Periodic Pearls/Margaret Evans Porter
Blogroll: Style, Fashion and Living
Blogroll: if you speak French (or wish to learn)
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