Historical novelist: author of TRIANON, MADAME ROYALE, and MARIE-ANTOINETTE, DAUGHTER OF THE CAESARS. Catholic Carmelite tertiary. Guest on EWTN Bookmark.

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Some arithmetic and drawing done by Amilcar, a child who was trafficked into France and later taken into the household of Marie Antoinette. This schoolwork was done when he was around 13 or 14 years old, after the revolution. More about him here: x.com/invitinghistory/status…
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And finally we have the most tragic of these children, Jean-Amilcar. Jean-Amilcar, possibly born Amilcar, was born circa 1781. He was trafficked into France by the chevalier de Boufflers (pictured) along with several other children who were "gifted" to various people.
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What ridiculous ahistorical snobbery. Teddy Roosevelt was one of America's greatest presidents and he regularly staged combat sports at the White House, even fighting in boxing matches and jujitsu. Like Donald Trump, he saw physical courage and tough competition as virtues intrinsic to America. The sneering of Dems and effete broadsheet journalists reveals their pusillanimity, not the sophistication they imagine. How embarrassing for them.
David Brooks reacts to the upcoming UFC fight at the White House, "I first thought of, like, who are the artists John F. Kennedy brought to the White House? It was like W.H. Auden, Robert Frost, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein. And now we have got cage fighting. Don't anybody say America's in cultural decline." Jonathan Capehart adds "talk about degrading the culture. This is degrading the White House, degrading the people's house. And it's just unconscionable that this has happened."
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The UFC just released an AI promo for the White House event featuring Theodore Roosevelt
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In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of La Cristiada, the Cristero War.
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Cleopatra ascended the throne at the age of 17 and died at the age of 39. She spoke 9 languages. She knew the language of Ancient Egypt and had learned to read hieroglyphics, a unique case in her dynasty. Apart from this, she knew Greek and the languages ​​of the Parthians, Hebrews, Medes, Troglodytes, Syrians, Ethiopians and Arabs. With this knowledge, any book in the world was open to her. In addition to languages, she studied geography, history, astronomy, international diplomacy, mathematics, alchemy, medicine, zoology, economics, and other disciplines. She tried to access all the knowledge of her time. Cleopatra spent a lot of time in a kind of ancient laboratory. She wrote some works related to herbs and cosmetics. Unfortunately, all her books were destroyed in the fire of the great Library of Alexandria in 391 AD. The famous physicist Galen studied her work, and was able to transcribe some of the recipes devised by Cleopatra. One of these remedies, which Galen also recommended to her patients, was a special cream that could help bald men regain their hair. Cleopatra's books also included beauty tips, but none of them have come down to us. The queen of Egypt was also interested in herbal healing, and thanks to her knowledge of languages ​​she had access to numerous papyri that are lost today. Her influence on the sciences and medicine was well known in the early centuries of Christianity. She, without a doubt, is a unique figure in the history of humanity. 📷 : Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images #archaeohistories
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STFU and SIT DOWN. You create NOTHING, you build NOTHING and you employ NO ONE!!! You’ve lived off taxpayers for decades. You’re the problem, Pocahontas…. Not Elon!!!
Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. This needs to be a wake up call.
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England 1381: The Peasant’s Revolt peaked today in history, June 13! 🔥 Enraged by a crushing poll tax, rebels targeted the powerful John of Gaunt and systematically destroyed his Savoy Palace. Not random looting, but a calculated strike against aristocratic privilege.
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#OnThisDay in 1842, Queen Victoria made her first journey by train. She travelled with her husband in a special royal carriage on the Great Western Railway between Slough and Bishop's Bridge. 📸 Getty
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Enormous crowds today in Padua, Italy, for the Feast of St. Anthony of Lisbon, as the relics of the great Portuguese saint, including his incorrupt tongue that gloriously proclaimed the Gospel, are processed through the streets of the Italian city.
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Fatima June 13, 1917 ❤️
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In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph
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St. Anthony of Padua, preacher, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of lost objects, pray for us!
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Outside St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, 18 July 1922, after the wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Ashley. Queen Alexandra is seen leaving alongside Queen Mary and King George V, with his sister, Princess Victoria. Princess Mary is visible behind them.
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Blessed be the Lord who is so good!
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#Scapular - wear it!
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Au lendemain de la solennité du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, l’Église célèbre la fête du Cœur Immaculé de #Marie. Une journée qui nous rappelle la pureté totale de Marie dans sa foi et sa confiance en Dieu, un jour pour nous laisser guider sur le chemin qui nous rapproche du Fils. 📷 ©Photo SNDL / Pierre Vincent
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You must embrace your earthly thorns.
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