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Tag: French Revolution

Madame Tussaud: Ahead of Her Time

11 March 2016 Margo Lestz

During the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud was forced to make wax casts of severed heads. Later she took them to England and set up her Wax Museum…

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The Pennsylvania French

26 February 2016 Margo Lestz

In 1789, aristocrats started to flee revolutionary France. One group of these refugees ended up in a most unlikely place – the wilds of Pennsylvania.

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Margo’s Musings: Carnival & Revolution

12 February 2016 Margo Lestz

Explore the theme of the Nice Carnival and see how my new book is coming along.

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The Crazy Calendar of a Revolutionary Republic

16 January 2016 Margo Lestz

The French Revolutionaries weren’t content with just changing their government. They wanted to change everything – even how they kept track of time.

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Marie Antoinette’s Cats and an American Rescue Attempt

6 November 2015 Margo Lestz

Marie Antoinette almost escaped to the USA. Of course, she didn’t make it – but maybe her cats did. Could that be the origin of the Maine Coon?

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The King is no Match for the Women of Paris

25 July 2015 Margo Lestz

At the beginning of the French Revolution, when the Parisians had nothing to eat, several thousand women took things into their own hands…

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