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Giveaway: Louis XIV, the real Sun King
As you might know, the lovely Jules Harper and I wrote a book and it happens to be about Louis XIV. It’s a small biography, not too long and too to. We talk about all sort of things, from Louis’ birth and youth, his education, coronation, love-life, fashion, daily routine, customs of Versailles and Versailles in general, we talk…
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Louis XIV, the real Sun King, is ready to pre-order!
Bonjour, everyone. Oui, you read that right. You can now pre-order Louis XIV, the real Sun King, written by the amazing Jules Harper and myself. It is available to pre-order on your local Amazon (UK, US, DE, FR) as well as on Wordery Book Depository, Waterstones and on Barnes&Noble. Or directly from Pen and Swords, our publisher, via their website, where you can…
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Two years of partying like 1660…
It’s two years already. Doesn’t feel like it, does it? It kind of feels like we only just started… but as I write this, we have October 18 and that means it is exactly two years since the first article was published here. I still remember very well how nervous I was to hit that publish button. And how anxious I…
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Adieu 2016….
2016 is nearly over, I presume it is already in some parts of the world as I write this, and I want to take a moment to thank all my readers for their support. Party Like 1660 is a bit over a year old now and steadily growing. I have to admit it grows a little slower at times than…
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Mademoiselle Has Been Interviewed
Oui. I am as surprised as you are. Or was as surprised, as the lovely Kate Braithwaite, whose book Charlatan we reviewed here, asked me if I would be up for a little interview. Here it is. I hope I did not talk too much nonsense. Meet the blogger: “Party Like 1660”
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Mademoiselle In Facebook Purgatory
Some might have already noticed it, my whole Facebook presence vanished from one second to the next. With that I mean, my actual account and my page for this blog. What happened? I actually don’t really know. All was normal until Saturday and I didn’t hit the disable button myself, in fact I didn’t even notice something was wrong. That…