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Let Them Eat Brioche! | A Guest Post by Leslie Carroll
Mention the name Marie Antoinette to many people and the first thing they might reply is “Oh, yeah, she’s the one who said ‘Let them eat cake,’ har-har.’” Uh—well, no. And I’m willing to venture out on a twig here to claim that historical fiction aficionados know perfectly well that Marie Antoinette never said any such thing in response to… Continue reading...
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Leslie Carroll in The New Yorker
(reposted from The Book Bench at The New Yorker online)THE EXCHANGE: NOTORIOUS ROYAL MARRIAGESPosted by Thessaly La Force
Notorious Royal Marriagesby Leslie CarrollThomas More’s father once said that marriage was like putting “your hand into a blind bag full of snakes and eels together, seven snakes for one eel.” (It helps to know that eels were a staple of Renaissance diets.) In other… Continue reading...
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The Winner of Notorious Royal Marriages is…
Congratulations thetruebookaddict! You’ve won Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll! An e-mail is on its way to you now. Thank you so much to everyone who entered!Didn’t win this giveaway but still want a chance to win a free copy of the fabulous historical nonfiction book Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire? Check… Continue reading...
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Mailbox Monday 1/18/10
Mailbox Monday is a book meme hosted by The Printed Page. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. What books came into your home recently?Here are all the books I’ve received since my last Mailbox Monday post (it’s been a while!):The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth ChadwickPaperback ARC, sent to me by the publisher – This… Continue reading...
The Making of a Notorious Royal Marriage: George I & Sophia Dorothea of Celle – “I will not marry the pig snout!”
As I already stated in my review, Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire by Leslie Carroll is a very humorous and informative guide through the lives of history’s most notorious royal couples. One of the many aspects I enjoyed about this book were the quotations the author dispersed between the chapters as an opening to the royal couple whose often-times scandalous… Continue reading...
Review | Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll, plus Giveaway
Read a synopsis of Notorious Royal Marriages here.Review
Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desireby Leslie CarrollI recently reviewed the first installment in this trilogy of historical nonfiction profiling royal scandals, Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp through the Extramarital Adventures that Rocked the British Monarchy (click here to read my review of Royal Affairs)… Continue reading...
Posted in Book Reviews, Giveaways, HFBRT, Historical Nonfiction, Leslie Carroll
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Guest Post on Queen Victoria by Leslie Carroll, Author of Notorious Royal Marriages
Please welcome my dear friend Leslie Carroll, to Hist-Fic Chick today for a fascinating guest post on the marriage of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leslie is the author of Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire, which releases in stores tomorrow 1/5. Notorious Royal Marriages is a… Continue reading...
The Sunday Salon: Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year’s holiday! I want to thank all of my readers for helping to make this blog a success in the past few months. Hist-Fic Chick has only been around since the end of July, yet I feel such an incredible sense of support from all of you in the book blogging community. I’m… Continue reading...
The Sunday Salon: Holiday Edition
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday!! Click here if you missed my Christmas post which also includes my–scrumptious, if I do say so myself!–recipe for pumpkin cheesecake. What did everyone do to celebrate the holiday season? I had such a nice time visiting with friends and family up in Westchester. I’m so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life, and… Continue reading...
Mailbox Monday
Mailbox Monday is a book meme hosted by The Printed Page. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. What books came into your home this week?I haven’t done a Mailbox Monday in a while, so not all of these came this past week. This morning, however, I awoke to a delicious surprise package on my doorstep; all four… Continue reading...