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Ludwig Messel and Nymans Manor House and Gardens
Nymans House and Gardens, situated in Mid-Sussex, belong to the National Trust which preserves ancient mansions, castles and estates that have belonged to rich and powerful people of hundreds of years...
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The "Rose of Brabant"
On its publishing days, here there are the very first lines which my biography about Marie Henriette von Habsburg-Lorraine begins with.I've translated them from Italian into English just to bring you...
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The Ideal of Feminine Beauty in the Victorian Age
If it is true that each historical period has been characterized by its own aesthetic canons, it must also be said that we can consider feminine slenderness, usually associated with harmony and...
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David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson ~ The Album of Newhaven Fishwives
Today I'm taking you to Scotland, and to be more precise, in the year 1843, in what was, at that time, a humble fishing village: Newhaven, then a small gulf housing a very active port within the town...
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Princess K, the secret love of Crown Prince Rudolf von Habsburg-Lorraine
My love, how many ways to reach a kiss of yours,what a wandering loneliness up to your company!Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) da Cento Sonetti d’Amore (1959), Sonetto II, MattinoLeft: Princess Olga, called...
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"O, Gather Me the Rose"
O, gather me the rose, the rose,While yet in flower we find it,For summer smiles, but summer goes,And winter waits behind it.For with the dream foregone, foregone,The deed foreborn forever,The worm...
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The Legend of the White Lady of the Castel of Duino
Today I want to tell you a legend which takes us back in time to the Middle Ages, that of The White Lady of the Castle of DuinoThis castle stands nearby the ruins of a Roman stronghold dedicated to the...
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HOW TO COOK THE VICTORIAN WAY ~ Let's prepare some lemon cheesecakes without...
They're a few years I've discovered this cook book and I'm using it with unmeasurable delight. You may think it to be just a book of Victorian recipes, but first of all this book tells a story, a very...
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was born (it is supposed) on March 6, 1806, at Coxhoe Hall, between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham, England, into a very wealthy family enriched...
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Capturing Christmas with Anton Pieck
Today I'm introducing you to a far famous painter from the Netherlands, much better known as a children books illustrator: Anton Pieck.Anton Franciscus Pieck was born on 19 April 1895 in Den Helder a...
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♚ NOBLE MANSIONS AND CROWNS ♚ Brocket Hall, Lady Caroline Ponsonby and her...
Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in 1829I'm far sure you do remember Lady Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, neé Spencer, whom we've already met during our walks through history. As well as Lady...
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Victorian Mad Hatters
They've been passing almost ten years since ~ My Little Old World ~ published the post entitled:Alice Liddell, the real "Alice in Wonderland".It was 10 February, 2014 when I revealed to all the...
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria and the Adventure at the Masquerade Ball of...
Today I'm taking you with me to Vienna in the year 1874: the Carnival, known in German as Fasching, has begun, officially inaugurating the ball season. On the evening of Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, at...
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Queen Victoria's unknown siblings
When we think of Queen Victoria we are always led to see her as an only child. In fact, in all the photos and paintings that portray her showing her as a child, we can see her alone or with her mother,...
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VICTORIAN FASHION ~ Fifty shades of purple
Jeune femme en tenue de soiree assise pres d'un bouquet d'hortensias by Jules Louis Machard (1839-1900).If we take a look back in time and watch the ancient paintings that we've inherited from the...
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Myles Birket Foster painting the "Domestic Love"
Domestic Love : not in proud palace lulls Is often seen thy beauty to abide : Thy dwelling is in lowly cottage walls, That in the thickets of the woodbine hide : With hum of bees around, and from the...
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༺ THE COOKING GARDEN ༻ A course of cooking for pupils of all ages by Miss...
It was just a few days ago that I came to know this outstanding book. And it happened thanks to a lovely friend of mine: Becky Diamond. She's a Researcher, Writer and Historian, qualified in History...
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From Albert to Victoria - Miniatures of the Royal Children as a birthday's gift
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2023Next May 24th this masterpiece of the Victorian art will celebrate 180 years during which it has been preserved exactly as it was when Prince...
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SOFIA L'IMPERATRICE NELL'OMBRA di Daniela Lasagnini
Questa è la stupenda locandina con cui si celebra nelle librerie l'uscita del mio ultimo libro, il terzo, che è nuovamente una biografia storica pubblicata per la casa editrice MGS PRESS di Trieste,...
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♚ NOBLE MANSIONS AND CROWNS ♚ Villa Île-de-France on the French Riviera and...
With this post we find ourselves once again talking about the famous House of the Barons von Rothschild, the Austrian-born bankers who played a major role in promoting and keeping secret the...
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Charlotte von Siebold, Germany's first female midwife who delivered Queen...
Did you know that both Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert were brought into the world by the same female midwife?Let's get to know closely this exceptional woman, who was one of the first female...
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How to host a Victorian picnic
There are starting to be some warm days, Summer is upon us. In Victorian times this period of the year meant that garden parties and picnics would soon be following, with picnics being especially...
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An Empress'"Goodies": sugar-coated rose petals and candied violets
Among the golden rooms of the Hofburg and the silent paths of the park of Schönbrunn, one of the most refined passions of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria was hidden: our Sisi, who was renowned for her...
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The Victorian baker who devised the "Coney Island Red-Hot" (later named hot-dog)
Today we're going to know one of the many Germans who emigrated to America searching for fortune in the second half of the 19th century. His name was Charles Feltman, he was born in 1841 to a Jewish...
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✽ The Ladies of the Wheel ✽ Victorian Women Conquer the Bycicle
Victorian Ladies with their bycile, 1880 ca.A bycicle represents a pleasure to me: to ride down our still dirt country roads or to have a trip to the farmer’s market means to be part of the woods and...
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