Tag Archives: Versailles

A devastating description of a monarch who sounds like Trump.

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Naomi

If you scrape the rubbish-heap of servile, coeval flattery that usually smothers the personality of a monarch you will discover a few kings who have been truly great; many who have achieved greatness because they were wisely content to serve … Continue reading →

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A scene from my life, with cameo appearance by Robert Redford

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Naomi

After the shoot at Marble House, the production took up residence up the road in Gatsby’s mansion Rosecliff, Stanford White’s petite reminiscence of Versailles’s Grand Trianon. Has anybody ever researched whether the inevitable crises which speckle a large-scale production correlate … Continue reading →

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