Parisian Alexandre Vuillemin was born in 1812, the year Napoleon invaded Russia. During his life (Alexandre died in 1880) France would be invaded, gain and lose territories and embrace the industrial revolution. As France evolved, it's borders and in turn it's cartographers became increasingly important. Alexandre studied his art under the
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The slandering of Princesse d’Harcourt
Pretty and fair with skin like cream, Françoise de Brancas Princesse d'Harcourt lived in that strange world Versailles, when the Sun King Louis XIV ruled. He demanded his aristocrats paid court to him in his glorious over stuffed castle and so there they lived, squeezed into every last corner and cupboard.
Watering places of Normandy – more from Cook’s invaluable 1883 handbook
The happy history hunt – announcing European Heritage days in September 2017
Château Tourlaville, near Cherbourg Are you planning a visit to Normandy? History lover? You need to know about this important weekend. We discovered European heritage days ‘Journées européennes du patrimoine‘ when the charming owner of a Normandy château refused the usual payment for a tour of his lovely home. Journées européennes du patrimoine Heritage
Guest blogger! From Giverville to the Évreux guillotine, in 1837
Match and chateau photos removed at the owners request. Not far from this idyllic Giverville scene, back in the 1830’s lived Pierre-Aime Pinel, with his wife and young family. Pierre-Aime was now 30, his wife Marie-Clotilde Cauvin, 40. Any traces of the alluring older woman he once adored disappeared in the