I'm delighted to welcome The Bastard Prince of Versailles by Will Bashor to the blog. Check out the snippet below. #HistoricalFiction #Versailles #LGBTBooks #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub
I'm delighted to welcome The Bastard Prince of Versailles by Will Bashor to the blog. Check out the snippet below. #HistoricalFiction #Versailles #LGBTBooks #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub @WBashorAuthor @cathiedunn @will.bashor @thecoffeepotbookclub
I’m delighted to welcome The Bastard Prince of Versailles by Will Bashor to the blog. Check out the snippet below.
On the way to his new chambers, Elizabeth introduced Louis to several courtiers in the galleries. Gentlemen bowed and ladies curtseyed, all the while eyeing his charming smile. Many commented that he had his mother’s dainty features. When Elizabeth and Louis happened upon a clutter…
The Bastard Prince of Versailles: A Novel Inspired by True Events by Will Bashor
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Book Title: The Bastard Prince of Versailles: A Novel Inspired by True Events
Author: Will Bashor
Publisher: Diderot Press
Cover Artist: Will Bashor
Release Date: September 6, 2023
Genre: Historical gay fiction
Tropes: Forbidden love, friends to lovers, coming of age
Themes: Love, war, redemption
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Length: 95 000 words/ 330 pages
It is a…
"The secret meeting highlighted music and dance as its initial manifest to reappear the Kurdish Zoroastrian identity after an unpleasant guest arrived in their land."
Dale Cherry Bashore, age 65, of Heidelberg Twp. passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon. She was the devoted wife of 41 years to Pastor Gerald L. Bashore. Born in Philadelphia on February 23, 1957 a daughter of the late Milton A. and Joyce (Rollins) Cherry. She was a graduate of Gloucester County College in New Jersey and earned her BA in Nursing from Bob Jones University in South Carolina. Dale last worked as an RN at Cedar Haven Health Care Center in Lebanon and previously worked at Lebanon Valley General, Good Samaritan Hospital, and the Hyman Caplan Pavilion in Lebanon.
She was a member of Heidelberg Bible Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters, Megan E. Eloe (Justin); Kirstin J. Bashore; and Jillian L. Bashore (Allan Sidley); brother, Kurt A. Cherry (Judy); and a grandson, Nolan. A warm and welcoming host, Dale's home was always open to gatherings of family and friends. Dale was renowned for her love for and collection of cherries, a tribute to her family name, and was never without cherry decor or accessories that brought a smile to all who knew her.
A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 11:00am at Mt. Aetna Bible Church, 11 N. Chestnut St., Mt. Aetna, PA, with Pastor Scott Brady officiating. A visitation with the family will be held on Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00am at the Church. Cole Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Robesonia is handling arrangements. Memorial donations may be made in her memory to Heidelberg Bible Church, PO Box 214, Robesonia, PA 19551. Online condolences may be made at www.ColeFH.com
marie antoinette hit with chamber pot waste? rabbit hole help.
I'm going down a source rabbit hole and trying to trace the source of a claim that Marie Antoinette and the comtesse de Provence were once hit with the contents of a chamber pot dumped from the windows of Madame du Barry's apartment (or any apartment).
So far, the only concrete sources I've found are:
Tony Spawforth's 'Versailles: A Biography.'
The citations lead to: two pages in a book which aren't discussing Marie Antoinette, one page which has a bit of text written by someone who was writing about other people's servants throwing waste out the window (but not hitting anyone) and a book from 1950 which I have to get from the library hold, which could take a few weeks.
Will Bashor's "Marie Antoinette's World'
(A book with many many issues that I need to get around reviewing) which includes the "Du Barry" window anecdote with no citation, and claims Marie Antoinette was hit with a chamber pot on another occasion and includes a quote about "Madame la dauphine" being hit with a chamber pot... but the quote written in 1764 and was not, contrary to Bashor's claim, written about Marie Antoinette.
And that's it as far as actual sources go.
I could have sworn there was something about this in the Mercy/Maria Theresa correspondence, but now I can't find it. I'm wondering if it wasn't included in a first person novel that I read years ago and my brain has confused the two.
Glad to see Renaissance art form in today's mainstream media. This is the opening credits of second season of HBO's limited anthology 'The White Lotus'.
The work is titled Renaissance. The music is composed by composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer. While it seems at first glance that these are legitimate pieces of Roman art, they were actually designed by the creative team Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore, with the help of illustrator Lezio Lopes. While images of actual historical paintings from the Villa Tasca in Palermo, Sicily were used, the final design adds latent details. Even though the title cards last under two minutes, they tell a complete narrative about a haughty society that collapses under the weight of its indulgences.
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