tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post7525571185953281470..comments2024-02-28T04:16:37.844-05:00Comments on History Undressed: Marie Antoinette: Part IEliza Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-24191746486088738112008-09-23T22:30:00.000-04:002008-09-23T22:30:00.000-04:00Great post, Eliza! I loved reading more about this...Great post, Eliza! I loved reading more about this history. Your blog is always a wealth of info!<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/><BR/>Renee<BR/>www.reneeknowles.comRenee Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244916099751419606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-18654751520719300722008-09-23T15:07:00.000-04:002008-09-23T15:07:00.000-04:00Hi Bearded Lady,Thank you for your comments. I ha...Hi Bearded Lady,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments. I have seen her name spelled both ways. And I agree that her claims were lies. <BR/><BR/>There is a great article about how she enticed Rohan at this site:<BR/><BR/>http://www.marie-antoinette.org<BR/><BR/>Whether or not she enticed him with her lesbian tales or not, she certainly did spread it around Europe! <BR/><BR/>Cheers!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-18673502753096663002008-09-23T12:38:00.000-04:002008-09-23T12:38:00.000-04:00Marie Antoinette is a tough one to tackle. Too man...Marie Antoinette is a tough one to tackle. Too many rumors and gossip. <BR/><BR/>Regarding the Diamond Necklace Affair - The Comtesse de la Motte (I think you have a typo in her name?) certainly lied about her relationship with Marie, but I doubt she would have used lesbian tales to entice Rohan. I believe the Cardinal de Rohan had more of a romantic crush on Marie that would have been sullied by whisperings of Marie’s lesbian lovers. That’s not the kind of pillow talk he wanted to hear. <BR/><BR/>Of course the pamphleteers had a field day with the lesbian insinuations after the scandal erupted.Bearded Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-15758455758077308342008-09-23T09:07:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:07:00.000-04:00Hi Christine! I would LOVE to read them! Please ...Hi Christine! I would LOVE to read them! Please keep me informed!<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/>ElizaEliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-64379081123524407382008-09-23T09:05:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:05:00.000-04:00Eliza,I have a completed manuscript, The Queen's D...Eliza,<BR/>I have a completed manuscript, The Queen's Dollmaker, about a London dollmaker who is accused of smuggling money and jewels to the imprisoned Marie Antoinette inside fashion dolls. You might be interested in it when I eventually (hopefully) get it published.<BR/><BR/>My second WIP is The Duke's Ballerina, about John Sackville, third Duke of Dorset, and his scandalous affair with an Italian ballerina. Sackville was the English Ambassador to King Louis XVI's court, and he was rumored to have had an affair with the Antoinette (of course, who wasn't?). Sackville left Paris at the fall of the Bastille, and later purchased approximately half the diamonds from the infamous necklace that so ruined Marie Antoinette's reputation.<BR/><BR/>Again, hopefully one day you can read all about it. ;-) Thanks for your post about one of the most fascinating women who ever lived.<BR/><BR/>ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-55500452952964439702008-09-23T08:59:00.000-04:002008-09-23T08:59:00.000-04:00Hi Elizabeth!! How fascinating to share your birt...Hi Elizabeth!! How fascinating to share your birthday with her!! I'll have to read your blog, I always LOVE reading what you write! They really made a Barbie???? Oh man, I love Barbies... gonna have to start saving my pennies :)Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-2411236857942772562008-09-23T08:35:00.000-04:002008-09-23T08:35:00.000-04:00Great post Eliza, I share a birthday with Marie An...Great post Eliza, I share a birthday with Marie Antoinette, and I blogged about her last year on our shared birthday. She's fascinating. Mattel came out with a Marie Antoinette Barbie one year that I absolutely covet but it was like $400!Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-52758772422092128442008-09-23T08:32:00.000-04:002008-09-23T08:32:00.000-04:00Thank you Kathryn!Thank you Kathryn!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-16761550405431504262008-09-22T22:58:00.000-04:002008-09-22T22:58:00.000-04:00Eliza, Great post! Can't wait for Part II.KathrynEliza, <BR/>Great post! Can't wait for Part II.<BR/>KathrynKathryn Lake Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013976370208588744noreply@blogger.com