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St. Helena, February 6, 1821. As sun broke over the black wart in the Atlantic, a banging on the door disturbed the island's governor at his toilet. "Your Excellency...General Bonaparte is missing." shannonselin.com/my-book/napo... #Napoleon #althist #histfic #Whatif

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An archive post where I talked to @helenhollick.bsky.social about the prominent women of Anglo-Saxon England: ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2022/10/reme...

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The Agincourt King, Guest Post by Mercedes Rochelle: WHY HARFLEUR BEFORE AGINCOURT? Agincourt was the unexpected battle; Harfleur was definitely on the agenda. buff.ly/3BBHObA

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New on All Things Georgian, 'Degrees of separation between Jane Austen and Dido Elizabeth Belle' - wp.me/p3JTNy-75P #MondayBlogs

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In memory of David Lynch, a brilliant filmmaker and creative genius. This digital ink portrait is an ode to his ground breaking student work, Eraserhead. #portraiture #digitalink #davidlynch #illustration

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😍 Fan from around 1795 - 1800 More beautiful fans here: regency-explorer.net/beauty-of-fan/

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Josephine Lauret, namesake of a #NewOrleans street died on Jan. 20, 1867. Her family provides glimpses into the French-Spanish-American dynamic of the late 18th century, particularly in Louisiana. shannonselin.com/2014/05/jose... #NOLA #history

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"Less possessed of your confidence, in advance, than any of my predecessors, I am deeply conscious of the prospect that I shall stand more and oftener in need of your indulgence." John Quincy Adams 1825 shannonselin.com/2017/01/inau... #JQA #inauguration #JohnQuincyAdams

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New on All Things Georgian, 'The Phillipps Family of Vauxhall and its contribution to late Georgian horticulture' - wp.me/p3JTNy-71a #mondayblogs

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The Usurpation of Henry IV: His Quest for Legitimacy on the English Throne https://buff.ly/35eXxbw

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Canal Street, 1880s. Mercier Building in the background, mule-drawn streetcar circling the Clay Monument. From "New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line" by Edward J. Branley. Buy the book! http://ebranley.com/mb

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Travels, adventures and appearing on stage in men’s cloth: The Unconventional Miss Starke, writer and adventuress Read more: regency-explorer.net/starke/ #c18th #18thcentury

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"I look with trembling hope at the mingled light and shade of futurity, and pass to a new year with the fervent prayer for firmness to perform as well as prudence to discern my duty." - #JohnQuincyAdams 1810 shannonselin.com/2016/12/new-... #JQA #NewYear #quotes

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"The Emperor wished that we should breakfast and spend the whole day together. He observed that we were but a handful in one corner of the world, and that all our consolation must be our regard for each other." shannonselin.com/2016/01/napo... #Napoleon #NewYear

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Napoleon's niece Christine-Egypta Bonaparte was godmother and namesake of the poet Christina Rossetti, who wrote "In the Bleak Midwinter." shannonselin.com/2022/12/chri... #napoleonic #christmas

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Christmas in the time of the Vikings: the 24th of December is when the children filled their shoes with straw, carrots and sugar lumps and set them out by the fire to feed Odin’s flying eight-legged horse Sleipnir as the God led the Wild Hunt.

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How to get through winter in the #18thcentury (source: i.pinimg.com/1200x/45/7d/...)

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The Peninsular War: The Global Perspective @amikaberidze.bsky.social & @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social discuss wider reactions to the conflict, if it was obvious that Napoleon had blundered in 1808, & whether the war was a sideshow. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Christmas shopping? Consider these gift ideas from the 19th century: shannonselin.com/2017/12/chri... #Christmas #1800s #19thCentury

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New on the blog: what happened when a British naval officer gained an audience with Napoleon on St. Helena shannonselin.com/2024/12/basi... #Napoleon #NapoleonicHistory #NavalHistory

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An interesting article in the Smithsonian about how British policy on slavery in the Caribbean was affected by the Napoleonic war. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thes...

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What was Christmas like in the Napoleonic era? In the 1st of 12 festive specials on @napwarspod.bsky.social our very own @lureynol.bsky.social answers important questions like ‘would Sharpe recognise an Argos catalogue’? (We might be dating ourselves a bit there!) open.spotify.com/episode/2XI9...

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1806 Two Ladies In Jane Austen Style Walking Dresses. White cotton dresses, orange and pink Fichus or shoulder shawls, pink poke bonnet and white turban. books2read.com/SuziLoveFash... #janeausten #regencyfashion #historicalfashion

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The Lincolnshire Ox by George Stubbs In 1782, John Bough of Gedney, Lincolnshire, bred a short horn ox which was ultimately to become famous. The ox was then acquired by John Gibbons, of Long Sutton ( a small town in Lincolnshire), who continued to rear it. Forty year old farmer/grazier, John…

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This is a quite wonderful article on thankfulness 200 years ago, including contemporary narratives. Also, check out the link inside the article to a nice historic overview of Thanksgiving traditions.

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A Jane Austen Advent Calendar - December 20 December 20, 1798: Jane Austen attends a ball. “There were twenty Dances & I danced them all, & without fatigue,” she wrote. “In cold weather & with few couples I fancy I could just as well dance for a week together as for half an hour.”

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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! You are 249 today! Very well preserved. This is a digital portrait, a copy of one of the few portraits of Jane. Her novels transcend time and are much more than romantic fantasy.

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When Basil Hall met #Napoleon: shannonselin.com/2024/12/basi... bis @shannonselin.bsky.social #18thcentury #18thc

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During the Napoleonic era, symbols of the ancient regime were rejected. Designer's looked to ancient Rome and Greece instead. Read more:Beautiful Carriages from the Napoleonic Era: regency-explorer.net/carriages-na... #18thcentury

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Things People Were Thankful for 200 Years Ago shannonselin.com/2020/11/thin...

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