tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.comments2024-03-21T00:15:41.466-04:00Elizabeth Kerri MahonElizabeth Kerri Mahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-12225486994975058462016-06-05T20:46:27.725-04:002016-06-05T20:46:27.725-04:00Having read her auto biography and biography of he...Having read her auto biography and biography of her life, I am sure that the British were very well off having him abdicate... he was a sad and silly man and she was no better.Karen Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766107211433476624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-15393840287561483592016-05-25T20:59:22.975-04:002016-05-25T20:59:22.975-04:00I've loved your blog for years, but it was so ...I've loved your blog for years, but it was so interesting to see this because I'm related to her through the Laniers. Never heard of her, but what an amazing lady.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731610949550652392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-37003638110542370232016-05-17T02:31:27.058-04:002016-05-17T02:31:27.058-04:00Nettie's father is my grandfather's cousin...Nettie's father is my grandfather's cousin we are all born through Mary Bishop Colborn the daughter of Edward Bishop of the Salem witch trials. Some of us are spelt Colbourne original to colburn to colborn we are one in the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757987157159653443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-83299042869595570042016-05-16T17:36:00.011-04:002016-05-16T17:36:00.011-04:00I looked up famous November 12 birthdays, and saw ...I looked up famous November 12 birthdays, and saw Princess Grace Kelly. I was intrigued, and now I am obsessed. I love her life story. I will make it a goal to watch her movies and read everything I can about her..https://www.blogger.com/profile/10172953550493342228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-35580024857436332872016-04-24T14:11:24.362-04:002016-04-24T14:11:24.362-04:00I completely agree that maybe if she was aloud to ...I completely agree that maybe if she was aloud to fly free maybe life would have been a bit more wonderful for her. My only wish is for the newest member of the Royal family is that may all their dreams come true Whatever they may be<br />Thank you sincerely sunnySunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04698669199958684309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-79528211795261422082016-04-01T10:31:47.822-04:002016-04-01T10:31:47.822-04:00Great story! Like the focus on her Love for art. T...Great story! Like the focus on her Love for art. There is a documentary now. According to the reviews it sadly emphazises the same critic she had from others during her life time instead of trying to show Who she really was beyond that. Gunillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212413609600393052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-78125110927228011472016-03-30T16:51:29.858-04:002016-03-30T16:51:29.858-04:00Lady Edith has long been my favorite character on ...Lady Edith has long been my favorite character on the show, so I was quite excited to read your analysis. Edith has grown tremendously throughout the course of the show.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478107939314455876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-71390238171571152512016-03-14T13:40:11.019-04:002016-03-14T13:40:11.019-04:00Adored this analysis, thank you.
For at least fou...Adored this analysis, thank you.<br /><br />For at least four years I wanted to give Edith a hug and it was lovely that her happy ending dominated the final episodes of Downton. CharmedLassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-87151570023333770062016-02-16T09:39:19.729-05:002016-02-16T09:39:19.729-05:00I just finished WEST WITH THE NIGHT & enjoyed ...I just finished WEST WITH THE NIGHT & enjoyed it very much...It is a beautifully crafted book (agree with Hemingway) even though it is as Rebecca stated with some "fictionalized fact". I enjoyed the post to fill in some things Beryl conveniently left out.<br /><br />My grandfather was a Flying Jenny airplane instructor during WWI & my mom soloed in a the mid-30's but that was the extent of their flying. I grew up near the annual EAA airplane show in Oshkosh, WI & realize that airplanes can inspire people. I also have friends who spent time in African missions & a very good friend who trained/rode dressage horses so this book would interest many.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808112708323650432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-76557508937398908682016-02-14T08:53:45.879-05:002016-02-14T08:53:45.879-05:00She didn't have gangrene; the knee was causing...She didn't have gangrene; the knee was causing her pain and she directed surgeons to remove it or she would shoot herself in the leg so they *had* to amputate.IKnowItAllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07153685834138113108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-43710957964170954262016-01-27T21:36:27.861-05:002016-01-27T21:36:27.861-05:00I just finished "Circling the Sun," and ...I just finished "Circling the Sun," and enjoyed this post very much. I wish the book had included some of these details - but I also get that it's fictionalized fact ;) Thanks for the interesting read.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17430375555813302776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-42045933791441181412016-01-22T09:01:34.421-05:002016-01-22T09:01:34.421-05:00Someone needs to make a proper film about Bindon.....Someone needs to make a proper film about Bindon..it would be a smash..a fascinating character..surprisingly intelligent by numerous accounts..a proper lad was our John ;-DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556524089926513560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-24175020375885113532016-01-07T21:22:34.203-05:002016-01-07T21:22:34.203-05:00Man, I love reading about awesome women of history...Man, I love reading about awesome women of history, especially Jewish women. It's so rare that I can find someone I can identify with so closely, and it's doubly cool that she was a con artist and blackmailer. Thank you so much! I'll have to check out your book, nowriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860574404710061172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-10493297858469817342016-01-03T22:17:10.292-05:002016-01-03T22:17:10.292-05:00I always found Jennie Jerome fascinating. Her sexu...I always found Jennie Jerome fascinating. Her sexual improprieties were quite the norm for that time and for her her elevated station in life.and who cares how she got there. .... If you look beneath the facade of any life, there are things we could disapprove of. At least she wasn't a cruel thug or fraudster. She claimed a place in history by creating the greatest leader of the world, thus far. That in itself is worth everything. she was there for him when it mattered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325504405625680048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-86461879115719154422015-12-16T21:05:31.913-05:002015-12-16T21:05:31.913-05:00Phyllis lived life on her own terms and apparently...Phyllis lived life on her own terms and apparently was good to people as I never read anything bad about her. Itiwnsend, you write that you are taking care of her in her last days and that is a good thing to do. All of us will have "last days" and so it shall be. She is not alone by any means as she is being cared for and, though old, she had a great life and may God bless her. Nothing wrong with getting old as it happens to us all.Colonel Klinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192765711524410257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-65949564388060820802015-12-14T07:11:15.292-05:002015-12-14T07:11:15.292-05:00I feel sorry for Lady Anne, though we don't re...I feel sorry for Lady Anne, though we don't really know her of course! Samuel Wright, her second husband, was my 4x gt grandfather's elder brother. He was very well-off, but his estates were entailed to his children, or those of his father's other male descendants.<br />What particularly interests me is why they married, and what their relationship might have been. They were married for over 30 years, but you ought to read her will (available for a small fee online from the National Archives). It's quite apparent that she is living in Wales (a long way away from her husband's home in Nottinghamshire) and - from the fact that she made her own will distributing her own money - estranged from her husband. Samuel must have married again after she died and in his old age (he died aged 85) and he leaves a rather more affectionate will than most, with his new wife (also Anne, but I don't know who she is) as his sole heir.<br />I wonder what there might be in the Coventry family archives. I suppose I should dig!<br />Charles MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360160277217354585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-17291938933757461612015-12-09T20:53:24.478-05:002015-12-09T20:53:24.478-05:00I just watched "Mad Love" and was intrig...I just watched "Mad Love" and was intrigued to find out more about Juana - so I am here! My comment is that Juana and Philippe were 17 year olds for gawds sake! Of course they enjoyed each other's bodies! I remember when I was first married - or at least first having sex with my new innocent girlfriend - that she believed "it" could go on forever like this - "this" being uninhibited sexual desire and pleasure. Let's face it, Philippe may actually have been a great lover who knew how (had been trained??) to satisfy a woman/girl. So Juana was simply a young girl in love with love and, I think as the movie portrays, insanely jealous to be losing her lover to others. Normal stuff. Normal to be jealous. Normal for a young virile and desirable young man to want some on the side particularly when you consider that his young wife was pregnant for half of their short marriage! I think the movie was right on in showing Juana's obsession with her sexual need and "love" for her husband. Unfortunately for Juana she did not seem to realize (or may not have had the social/cultural freedom) that there were lots of other males in the vicinity who may have been able to satisfy her visceral needs. Philippe didn't have a problem solving his sexual needs. And I think any normal person like Juana would have gone mad being locked up for 47 years!Dave Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896210219263122099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-64493582530516850172015-12-02T18:53:59.109-05:002015-12-02T18:53:59.109-05:00Stompanato was not so much killed as flushed.Stompanato was not so much killed as flushed.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612917220751015657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-23280428280885300252015-11-10T18:47:54.722-05:002015-11-10T18:47:54.722-05:00Phyllis in her last days of life,Im wondering what...Phyllis in her last days of life,Im wondering what happened to her to end up alone and in a group home.ltiwnsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960531023408246197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-14170250375787585422015-11-10T18:46:08.271-05:002015-11-10T18:46:08.271-05:00I'm taking care of her while she is in her las...I'm taking care of her while she is in her last days,, I'm wondering how she had all that money to end up where she is now, alone,,so sad.ltiwnsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960531023408246197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-58492330292879099002015-11-05T04:45:45.841-05:002015-11-05T04:45:45.841-05:00Anna May Wong also became something of a fashion a...Anna May Wong also became something of a fashion and style icon during the 1930’s. <br /><br />Her colouring and open facial features photographed particularly well in black and white and as she naturally wore clothes well, always striking and elegant, the Studio designers were soon lining up to lend her clothes for studio publicity shots which appeared regularly in the movie magazines of the era. It didn't take too long before her stylish fashion shots began appearing in main stream women’s magazines and her style was avidly followed by women from all spectrums. She also appeared on several best dressed lists of the period in both America and Europe. <br /><br />Many of these stunning photos can be found today on the pinterest boards. emeraldcityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944171047574404495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-65892458712806542582015-11-03T04:28:47.566-05:002015-11-03T04:28:47.566-05:00WOW! Such an intriguing story. Similar to another ...WOW! Such an intriguing story. Similar to another commenter, I also saw the movie A Royal Affair and wanted to read more details. Thank you for sharing/posting. Fascinating story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891835529156695156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-51605007039082029372015-11-01T18:39:24.570-05:002015-11-01T18:39:24.570-05:00Dear Elizabeth, I so enjoyed your blog post. As Gr...Dear Elizabeth, I so enjoyed your blog post. As Grace P. Kelly's/Princesse Grace de Monaco's birthday approaches, your passionate and well-informed bio-in-miniature consoles the melancholy that creeps into my pores. I'm glad that I stumbled upon your site (and found a few GPK biographies that I haven't yet read). I've bookmarked your "Scandalous Women" so that I can catch up on your past writing and anticipate future posts.<br /><br />Oh, and whenever I think of Grace and Rainier in better times, I'm reminded of how magical it was when I met my prince.GabbyAngehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354900599423521094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-25819361839278442232015-11-01T18:31:02.583-05:002015-11-01T18:31:02.583-05:00Elizabeth, this avid admirer of Grace Kelly -- the...Elizabeth, this avid admirer of Grace Kelly -- the person, actor, princess and philanthropist -- forgives you for the typos and film title errors. Like others who have enjoyed your blog post on beloved G.P.K., I appreciate the devotion to her life that permeates your fascinating bio-in-miniature. If Grace had lived today, it's likely our paths never would've crossed; however, her struggles and joys as a woman continue to touch my own life. Rather late in life, I believe I've met a prince of my own, and the fact that he knows Grace's story and the fairytale that both was and wasn't has me experiencing a charmed life.GabbyAngehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354900599423521094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-81451279615440674472015-11-01T06:11:22.424-05:002015-11-01T06:11:22.424-05:00Thank you for posting!! Sun in scorp, moon in Libr...Thank you for posting!! Sun in scorp, moon in Libra here as well!! Maybe we are drawn to Marie for a reason! My mother is an astrologer and I am fascinated by those charts who are similar to mine! I have Virgo rising tho which can be unfortunate, it is at 3' tho! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843929384590239774noreply@blogger.com