Watching French Royals Eat: The Grand Couvert - Shannon Selin
The grand couvert was a ceremony in which French royalty dined in front of members of the public. Napoleon re-introduced the ritual when he became Emperor.| Shannon Selin
The grand couvert was a ceremony in which French royalty dined in front of members of the public. Napoleon re-introduced the ritual when he became Emperor.| Shannon Selin
Napoleon Bonaparte had two wives: Josephine and Marie Louise. Here's what they thought of each other.| Shannon Selin
The Tuileries Palace in Paris was a favourite residence of both Napoleon I and Louis XVIII. Sadly, this magnificent palace no longer exists.| Shannon Selin
Fancy a royal wedding? Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife Marie Louise had three of them: a marriage by proxy, a civil wedding and a religious wedding. Here’s a look at the festivities.| Shannon Selin
Napoleon saw no separation between church and state.| Shannon Selin
Transparencies (paintings on see-through paper or cloth) were a DIY craze in the early 19th century.| Shannon Selin
Napoleon believed women were inferior to men. He acted accordingly.| Shannon Selin
Napoleon’s uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fesch, was a good-natured art collector who got caught in the struggle between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII.| Shannon Selin
Tired of syrupy talk about royal weddings? Here’s a scathing article about the wedding of some 19th-century British royals.| Shannon Selin
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from St. Helena and wound up in the United States in 1821?| Shannon Selin
The life and death of a fabulous royal residence near Paris| Shannon Selin
