tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post2208736909577491364..comments2024-02-28T04:16:37.844-05:00Comments on History Undressed: Part II: Marie AntoinetteEliza Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-57699834636145990362010-01-19T09:11:59.877-05:002010-01-19T09:11:59.877-05:00Absolutely wonderful writing, thank you so much.Absolutely wonderful writing, thank you so much.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160702073612989625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-21567022236858037062008-10-01T12:29:00.000-04:002008-10-01T12:29:00.000-04:00Thank you Lauren! I will add her daughter the lis...Thank you Lauren! I will add her daughter the list of blogs I will write, that is an absolutely fabulous idea! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)<BR/><BR/>Greetings to you A Cuban in London! I'm so happy you enjoyed the post and found it to be informative and that it gave you pleasure :) I agree that she surely had a hand in her own demise as well. I can't help but wonder if she had done some things differently if the French Revolution would have happened.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-72400128529967321722008-10-01T10:56:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:56:00.000-04:00A most informative post and one from which I have ...A most informative post and one from which I have derived a great deal of pleasure whilst reading it. Antoinette has remained an iconic figure with camps in her favour or against her evenly split down the middle. I have always believed that she was a woman (even though she came from 'forward-thinking' French society) played a major role in her demise.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-44459053429256861742008-09-30T21:23:00.000-04:002008-09-30T21:23:00.000-04:00Hi Eliza,Reading your two posts on Marie was a whi...Hi Eliza,<BR/>Reading your two posts on Marie was a whirlwind story that moved so quickly! (loved it!) I imagine this is much how she felt sitting before her trial that final day -that everything, wonderful and bad had blown by instantly. And the amount of detail you have fit in! <BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed these and your other posts and I would love to hear your view on her daughters life post-revolution! I will certainly be back! <BR/>LaurenLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052080882886879580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-36914397576112595482008-09-30T18:39:00.000-04:002008-09-30T18:39:00.000-04:00Thank you Bearded Lady! I sooo wish they had a fa...Thank you Bearded Lady! I sooo wish they had a faster carriage, it would be so interesting to see how things would have turned out if that were the case!<BR/><BR/>You know I feel the same way. I believe it could have been possible for her to have an affair with Axel, but you know how many spies there were back then and anyone could have been paid enough to spill the beans, so it makes me think that maybe they didn't. I have no idea...Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-68533070796410197012008-09-30T13:20:00.000-04:002008-09-30T13:20:00.000-04:00Brilliant follow up! I am curious if you think Mar...Brilliant follow up! I am curious if you think Marie Antoinette had an affair with Axel? I have never been convinced either way.<BR/><BR/>I have always wished that they chose the faster carriage. Imagine how history would have changed if the royal family had just made it over the border...Bearded Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-12410767700642259332008-09-29T11:22:00.000-04:002008-09-29T11:22:00.000-04:00Thank you for your insight Catherine!!! I will be...Thank you for your insight Catherine!!! I will be visiting your blog later today.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-54969079264458160582008-09-29T10:41:00.000-04:002008-09-29T10:41:00.000-04:00It is not easy to summarize Marie-Antoinette's lif...It is not easy to summarize Marie-Antoinette's life in two posts, as you just did. Congratulations on a great job!<BR/><BR/>Indeed there is no proof of a sexual liaison with Fersen. As for the Queen's role in the dismissal of Necker at the onset of the Revolution, she was always a hardliner, much more so than Louis XVI.<BR/><BR/>Did Marie-Antoinette refuse to escape from La Conciergerie? Some of those plots came very, very close to succeeding, with her active collaboration, and at one point she made it to the front courtyard of the Courthouse, only a few yards from liberty.<BR/><BR/>A footnote on the storming of the Bastille: the sole purpose of the insurgents was to seize ammo to defend Paris against the anticipated attack by the foreign regiments loyal to the monarchy.<BR/><BR/>Freeing the prisoners at La Bastille was an afterthought. Most of them (including the infamous Marquis de Sade) had been transferred to other jails a few days earlier anyway.<BR/><BR/>http://blog.catherinedelors.com/2008/07/13/the-14th-of-july-1789-what-happened-on-bastille-day.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-41535265253242172772008-09-27T08:00:00.000-04:002008-09-27T08:00:00.000-04:00Christine!!!! That is so exciting!! Congratulatio...Christine!!!! That is so exciting!! Congratulations! And here I was last week praying it would be soon when you told me about your books! Yay! Keep me posted about the release date!<BR/><BR/>And a huge thank you for the info you provided regarding Marie Antoinette's dear friend Princess De Lamballe and the woman who would become Madame Toussaud, absolutely fascinating!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-58937937038893046492008-09-27T07:59:00.000-04:002008-09-27T07:59:00.000-04:00Thank you Renee! I definitely wouldn't want to be...Thank you Renee! I definitely wouldn't want to be in her shoes...Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-26192307533512636892008-09-27T04:06:00.000-04:002008-09-27T04:06:00.000-04:00Eliza, here's another bit of info your readers mig...Eliza, here's another bit of info your readers might like to know: when the mob removed the Princess de Lamballe's head, they marched off to see Marie Grosholz, and forced her to make up the face and dress up the hair before they paraded the piked head past Marie Antoinette's window.<BR/><BR/>Marie Grosholz would later become Madame Tussaud, of wax museum fame. Marie was the court's art tutor and would have known the unfortunate princess.<BR/><BR/>I've written about this in The Queen's Dollmaker, which I hope you'll be able to read in early 2010....because I just got an offer of publication from the lovely Audrey LaFehr at Kensington! :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great post about Marie Antoinette. I can never get enough of reading about her.<BR/><BR/>ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-9223036758162938172008-09-26T23:13:00.000-04:002008-09-26T23:13:00.000-04:00Great info, Eliza! I agree with you: I feel some s...Great info, Eliza! I agree with you: I feel some sympathy for her. What a life!<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/><BR/>Renee<BR/>www.reneeknowles.comRenee Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244916099751419606noreply@blogger.com