Enchanted by Josephine - ART & HISTORY Salon

Friday, May 7, 2010

Historical Flavours of the Month...

It's been awhile since I've posted any Historical Flavours. I guess I've been completely consumed by my reading, research and art, that not much has been left over for history posting. But I can't say I left my passion for French Kings on the back burner for too long...

I got just the right boost from reading the amazing novel, Louis The well Beloved, by Jean Plaidy. This helped get my historical juices going. So soon enough, I got a whole slew of Historical Flavours to fill my quota!

Here are some of the ladies that captured Louis's, hmmm, heart:

Duchesse de Ventadour,

Marie Victoire, Comtesse de Toulouse

Infanta Mariana of Spain

Madame de Prie Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf,

Marie Leszczyńska

Louise Julie de Mailly,

Pauline Felicite de Mailly,

Marianne de Mailly,

Duchesse de Charteroux,

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson: Madame de Pompadour

WOAH!

Some of you may have already read my post back at Plaidy's Royal Intrigue- run by Arleigh and I- But for those of you who haven't, and would like to read up on these fancy (and not so fancy..) ladies that filled Louis XV's life, please see here.

May is already here (time flies!) and an update on the French Historicals Oh-La-La Challenge is really due.

So far there are 33 Participants on board! Wanna know who they are? (The little number by their name refers to the number of challenge books they've read so far).

Marie from The Burton Review - 4
Arleigh from Historical-fiction.com -5
Lizzy from Historically Obsessed -5
Dolleygurl from The Maiden’s Court -3
Allie from Hist-Fic Chick - 2

Amy from Passages to The Past
Susie Tudor Daughter from All Things Royal

Susan from Life Takes Lemons

Ms. K from Write on Thyme

Haleyknitz from The Life of an Inanimate Flying Object

Viola of Royal Rendez-Vous

Michelle from The True Book Addict

Mel U from The Reading Life -4

Rococo en Fleurs

Miss Moppet from The Misadventures of Moppet -1

Cat from Tell Me A Story-3

Lady Quinlan from Let Them Read books -2

Jennifer from Rundpinne

Becky from Behind The Scenes With Becky

Jane from Fleur Fisher Reads

Muse from Confessions and Ramblings of a Muse in The Fog

Amanda Lane from C’est Ma Vie!

Marg from Reading Adventures - 1

Roberta from Con-tain-it

Christina T from Reading Extensively

Ana O from Miss Picky’s Column

vvB32 Reads

Nicki from Every Book and Cranny
Kristen from BookNAround
Claudine from Good things
Virgulina from Miss Picky's Column
Amber from Treasure for Your Pleasure; A Marie Antoinette Blog -5

Carolyn of A Few of My Favourite Books

If you want to join, all you have to do is Blog about this Challenge with link to this page and then send me an email (enchantedbyjosephine@gmail.com) and I'll add you to the list.

The Challenge ends on Dec. 31st...and then I'll have some Giveaway goodies for winning participants.

(Pssst: I've already started collecting some good ones for the Giveaway!!)

Of course you must send me the links to your reviews- that's the only way I can keep count of how many books you've read. So far, I've had the pleasure to read such wonderful writing on books that sound fabulous.

Take a look at what some of the participants have been reading:

Pierre et Jean, by Guy de Maupassant- Reviewed by Mel of The Reading Life
Indiana, by George Sand- Reviewed by Mel of The Reading Life
The Dance of Death, by Gustave Flaubert- Reviewed by Mel of The Reading Life
Nana, by Emile Zola - Reviewed by Mel of The Reading Life

The Wandering Prince by Jean Plaidy- Reviewed by Lizzy of Historically Obsessed
Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer - Reviewed by Lizzy of Historically Obsessed
Claude and Camille, by Stephanie Cowell - Reviewed by Lizzy of Historically Obsessed
The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Lizzy of Historically Obsessed
The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Lizzy of Historically Obsessed

A Place of Greater Safety by Hillary Mantel - Reviewed by Lady Quinlan of Let Them Read Books
Through a Glass Darkly, by Karleen Koen- Reviewed by Lady Quinlan of Let Them Read Books

The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Heather (Dolleygurl) of The Maiden's Court
Claude & Camille, by Stephanie Cowell - Reviewed by Heather of The Maiden's Court
The Scarlet Lion, by elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Heather of The Maiden's Court

Mistress of The Sun by Sandra Gulland - Reviewed by Marg of Reading Adventures

The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Marie of the Burton Review
The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Marie of the Burton Review
Claude and Camille, by Stephanie Cowell - Reviewed by Marie of the Burton Review
The Queen's Dollmaker, by Christine Trent - Reviewed by Marie of the Burton Review

Watermark, by Vanitha Sankaran -Reviewed by Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com
The Queen's Dollmaker, by Christine Trent -Reviewed by Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com

Powder and Patch, by Georgette Heyer -Reviewed by Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com

Claude and Camille, by Stephanie Cowell -Reviewed by Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com

The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick -Reviewed by Arleigh of Historical-Fiction.com

The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick - Reviewed by Allie of Hist-Fic Chick
Claude & Camille, by Stephanie Cowell - Reviewed by Allie of Hist-Fic Chick

For The King, by Catherine Delors - Reviewed by Miss Moppet of The Misadventures of Moppet

Versailles: A Novel - Reviewed by Amber of Treasure for Your Pleasure
Vive La Revolution: A Stand Up History of the French Revolution - Reviewed by Amber of Treasure for Your Pleasure
The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, Princess at Versailles - Reviewed by Amber of Treasure for Your Pleasure
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie Antoinette - Reviewed by Amber of Treasure for Your Pleasure
Marie Therese: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter - Reviewed by Amber of Treasure for Your Pleasure

The Italian Woman, by Jean Plaidy - Reviewed by Cat of Tell Me A Story
Nana by Elmile Zola- - Reviewed by Cat of Tell Me A Story
Blood Royal by Vanora Bennett- Reviewed by Cat of Tell Me A Story

Fantastic! Thank you so much for participating!

P.S. Please let me know if there are any errors in the stats update;)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Romeo And Juliet in Art....

Back in January I read the beautiful novel: O, Juliet, by Robin Maxwell.

The lover’s tragic end took a different spin in this read- fabulous (you can read my review here). Anyway, here’s my interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.

Voici mon interpretation de Romeo et Juliette, d'apres le livre de Robin Maxwell