Posts Tagged with ‘French Crown Jewels’
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Bastille Day Military Parade in Paris: la fête nationale
09 Jul 2012By Barbara Redmond The morning was no different than any other. I was at the stove frothing milk by hand…
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French Crown Jewels: Empress Eugénie
17 Sep 2010By Barbara Redmond In 1848, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte succeeded in getting the French to agree to a second Bonaparte empire…
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French Empress Eugénie and Her Diamonds
10 Sep 2010By Barbara Redmond Who, among us, like Audrey Hepburn, the woman in Givenchy’s little black dress in the American film,…
