Posts Tagged with ‘French Revolution’
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A Storied Scent
13 Aug 2013By Barbara Redmond It was the perfume that gave her away, they say. The disguised Marie-Antoinette was recognized by a passerby…
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French Impressions: Shari Leslie Segall on melting into French culture
25 Jul 2013Shari Leslie Segall is a native of Philadelphia whose father was a violist in the Philadelphia Orchestra. She lived on…
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Bastille Day in France: parades, concerts, parties and fireworks
13 Jul 2013(Excerpt from a previous post in A Woman’s Paris Bastille Day in France: Tyrants and tigers and blood, oh my!,…
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French legend proved true with discovery of blood of King Louis XVI in gourd
21 Jan 2013By Andrea Johnson (French) In 18th century France, King Louis XVI and his posse of French nobles were creating quite…
