Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Monday, October 12, 2026

Bassompierre in London

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The dashing nobleman, François de Bassompierre, a one-time favourite of King Henry IV of France who later fell out with Cardinal Richelieu, ...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

The king of Madagascar

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Maurice Benyovszky, later Count de Benyovszky, was born 280 years ago today. A gloriously romantic figure, a nobleman who fought for differe...
Monday, June 8, 2026

Sand's Journal Intime

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George Sand, the famous French writer, cigar smoker and lover of artists, died 140 years ago today. A hard working and prolific author of no...
Friday, May 1, 2026

Of Napoleon, and a turtle

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Sir Neil Campbell, a British army officer who rose to become a colonial governor, was born 250 years ago today. He is largely remembered for...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Michaux in N. America

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André Michaux, a French botanist and explorer sent to North America in search of new species to replenish the forests of France, was born 28...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Art but no artists

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René  Maria Rilke, one of the most intense of German-language poets and considered by some to be a founder of modernist poetry, was born 150...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

The father of neurology

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‘The floor is made of tile mosaics as are the walls - no seat - only a hole which seems narrow to me at ground level. One has to be agile - ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Found mine field with Bosch notice

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‘Started forward at 6 a.m. H plus ½ hour. Heavy fog. Found men coming back and took them along with me. Heavy fire all around from m.g. Foun...