Using Random.org,
the winner of an ARC of Zoe Archer’s Warrior is:
FredTownWard!!
Fred, please email your mailing address to evan...@edwardianpromenade.com within the next week. If the prize goes unclaimed, I shall draw another number and name.
Fascinating Women: Marguerite Steinheil
When Madame Marguerite Steinheil paid an illicit call on President Félix Faure at the Palais de l’Élysée, no one could have predicted a scandal–and a farce–beyond imagination. Had Mme. Steinheil been your average concerned French citizen, the afternoon appointment with the portl[...]
August 20th, 2010 - 8:00 am § in Antiques
Found Object Art: Lady Monson
Ms. Moore is a found object artist (definition according to wikipedia: “art created from the undisguised, but often modified, use of objects that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a non-art function.”) whose interest in and fascination for the Edwardian per[...]
August 16th, 2010 - 9:00 am § in Books, Vintage Fiction
Vintage Review: In the Bishop’s Carriage
Note from Evangeline: I’ve been a fan of Melody’s review blog, Redeeming Qualities, for a while. If you recall an earlier vintage review I wrote for this site, owning a Sony Reader opened the doors to a lot of forgotten fiction published during the Edwardian period. This is where Melody&[...]
The Interesting Sex Life of Edward VII
The sexual appetites of King Edward VII are well known: from the scandal of Nellie Cliffden, which Victoria blamed for her beloved Albert’s death, to the perfumed bosoms of aristocratic French ladies and courtesans, to Sarah Bernhardt and Lillie Langtry, to his long-time mistresses, Daisy Warw[...]
August 8th, 2010 - 8:00 am § in Women
Fascinating Women: Florence Foster Jenkins
America is the land of dreams and opportunity, and Florence Foster Jenkins was wealthy enough to take advantage of this. Born to wealthy Pennsylvanians, Florence expressed an interest in music at an early age. She took piano lessons during her childhood and adolescence, but when at adulthood, she ho[...]
