French revolution fashion

What should the poor do when they run out of bread? “Let them eat cake.” Although Marie Antoinette never actually said it, it became a symbol of how the upper classes were completely ignorant about…

The Edwardian era was once elegantly described as, a "leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live

Oh the ruffles!

Stew Ross joins us with a guest post. He is a retired commercial banker, turned author, entrepreneur, and world traveler. Having grown up in Europe, he loves to travel for history and now shares it…

Les Tricoteuses were the women who sat around the guillotine, keeping track of the number of executions with their knitting. They embodied the Terror of the French Revolution, for they seemed to be drawn to the blood and the violence, so consumed were they by hatred. When women are out for blood, they can be more ruthless than men, and far more cruel.

While nowadays he might be best known for the cut of meat that bears his name, François-René de Chateaubriand was once one of the most famous men in France — a giant of the literary scene and idolised by such future greats as Alphonse de Lamartine and Victor Hugo. Alex Andriesse explores Chateaubriand's celebrity and the glimpse behind the public mask we are given in his epic autobiography Memoirs From Beyond the Grave.

APH - Hetalia France (French Revolution 1989-90) by edline02 on DeviantArt

"Bourgeoise de Paris" - Redingote - French fashion plate 1790s.

A list of some of the best period dramas about the French Revolution. From Marie Antoinette to Scaramouche, Jefferson in Paris, and more.