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What did Spring-time whisper?
WHAT did Spring-time whisper?O ye rivulets,Waking from your trance so sad,Pleased to welcome fisher-ladWith his little nets,Speed, for summer's in the air,Prattle, for the breeze is warm,Chatter by the...
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Eliza Acton, the poetess who invented the modern way to write cooking recipes
To give birth to Eliza Acton on April 17, 1799 was the English county of East Sussex and more precisely the small town of Battle. She came from a wealthy family and was the eldest of the five children...
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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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