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French Revolution Questions

Question: French Revolution question Robespierre?

I can’t seem the find the answer to this. Anyone have any idea? I would really appreciate it if someone could find the answer to this.

The response/reaction against Robespierre and the radical phase of the French revolution is known by what phrase?
And also if anyone knows, the beggining of this response was marked by what crtical cut-off point or event?
Thanks dnldlsk, I would thumbs up you but it says I have to be level 2 to rate. Thanks again.

Answer: The reaction was called the Thermidor Reaction. The Committee of Public Safety voted to execute Robespierre.

Prophecies and Predictions of Nostradamus (Part 5)

Louis Xvi Room

One of the current trends in interior decoration is that of the French style “shabby chic” look. This style combines elements of French country house style with elegant design to reproduce a sense of romance into the home. But where does one start with decorating their house – it’s not like your local furniture store will sell such products. To create the shabby chic style, you have to look to independent retailers in order to source some of the French style furniture you will need to turn your plain English home into 1960s French wonderland.

Storage

Wardrobes, shelving and dressers can be sourced in a range of colours and styles. One of the most favoured colours is white as this evokes a classic sense of French chic. Valbonne wardrobes and Chateau armoires are popular choices for clothes storage while château chest of drawers and dressers make ideal storage for nik-naks and household ornaments.

Beds

One of the most chic and luxurious item you can decorate your home with for the French style effect is a French reproduction bed. Back Moulin Rouge style carved beds, a touch of the palace of Versailles with a gold effect bed or elegant French country style Rattan beds are all available. Ultimately, it depends on what aspect of French culture you are looking to evoke and remember – match the bed to the surrounding and the surroundings to the bed. A bed that looks good enough for Louis XVI is going to look particularly out of sorts amongst cheap beech effect chipboard furniture.

Sofas

French style Sofas can generally add one of two effects to a room Рeither a touch of elegant formality as might be found in the waiting room of a stately home or a rustic and relaxed feel as might be found in a French Gite. Sofas can be gold effect with toile fabric or carved ch̢teau sofas in white with wicker backing.

Chairs

Along with sofas, it is important to have the right occasional chairs to go with your desks, tables and dressing tables. There are a range of styles available but some of the more popular are Versailles style gold, white and black chairs with (or without) toile fabric upholstery.

Lighting

A wide variety of chandeliers, lamps and lampshades can be purchased to compliment the furniture in the room. Chandeliers range from the reasonably restrained to the thoroughly ostentatious with colours ranging from clear, to black to gold effect. Lamps and lampshades offer more of a boudoir / moulin rouge style effect to a room and add atmosphere to a room with their lighting.

Mirrors

Finally, to finish off transformation of your home into a scene from a Alexander Dumas novel, add a reproduction style mirror to the room. Mirrors are great decoration pieces as they can light up an otherwise dull or badly lit room and also give an effect of space to room that may seem pokey and small. For a front room, consider a classically styled over mantle mirror and for a bedroom a variety of ornate wall mirrors, dressing table mirrors and mirrored armoires are available to lighten up your boudoir. Mirrors come in the small range of colours as with furniture and range from the understated to the thoroughly ornate but all are elegant and stylish in their own way.

Hopefully, the above suggestions will give you some ideas as to how to transform your home into a French palace without having the budget of a monarch behind you. All the above items are available from retailers both on the net and on the high street. So go ahead and add a touch of Gallic elegance to your abode.

Roseanne Waldron is a freelance writer living in Devizes, Wiltshire with her three cats.

This article was written with advice from Velvet Stores Ltd.

Large Antique French Clock Set by A. D. Mougin, French – Circa 1890.

Marie Antoinette Portrait

Question: THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT QUESTION! Marie Antoinette help!?

I’m doing a project on her. I have to make a scrapbook that would have been “hers” with things from her life. SO far im putting in family tree and a flower from a painting and a self portrait and a piece of silk from her dress. i want to put in a banquet or party or some kind of invintation that she might have gotten(some of this can be fiction,.”.i.e. a flower that Louis XIV gave her”…who knows if he really gave her a flower?) i need to know. so maybe if u could find out any friends that she had or some parties that she might of gone to…something similar. also, if you have any other ideas of what i could put in this scrapbook would be really great. ALL IS APPRECIATED FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP ME GET AN A AND THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HELPED!!! 10 points for best answer….this needs to b turned in soon so if you could hurry it up ASAP>>>That’d b great. thanks everyone!!

Answer: She loved to live the 'simple life' at her palace at the Petit Trianon, where she would dress up and pretend to be a shepherdess, so maybe something to do with that? Perhaps a shepherdess's crook or something? or maybe a woolly lamb?

And perhaps some pictures of her children, of whom she was very fond?

one of her closes friends was the Princess de Lambelle, so she might have had an invatation to a party from her. Also of course there was her friend Axel Fersen, the Swedish nobleman who may have been her lover, perhaps you could have something to do with him?

Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (part5/12)

Marie Antoinette The Journey

Question: What history books (non-fiction) have you read this year that you enjoyed?

I’ve enjoyed:
David chandler–Napoleon’s Marshals
Antonia Fraser–Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Robin Lane Fox–Pagans and Christians
Jean Edward Smith–FDR
Christopher Hibbert–George IV
Thomas pakenham–The Scramble for Africa
Friedrich Katz–The Life and Times of Pancho Villa

Anyone else out there read books like these?

Answer: This year off the top of my head:

"Terra Incognita" by Rodney Broome
"City of the Century" by Donald Miller
"Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Loewen
"A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo
"The Best War Ever" by Michael Adams
"Founding Brothers" by Joe Ellis

How were "The Scramble for Africa" and "Pagans and Christians"?

Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (part4/12)

marie antoinette movie book

Question: Autograph Books; where to buy?

So I have been looking for an autograph book but i dont just want any kind like those disney ones. I would like one that really pretty like they used to make them back in the day. That looks antique. like velvet or leather or lace and pretty ingravings on the cover and no lined pages inside. Do you know where to find those? I keep searching on google but all they will find is disney ones or when i type antique or vintage i get ones that have already been filled out by people 200 years ago. I would like my own.
Thanks,

P.S. if you have seen the marie-antoinette movie, the styles of that time as well as a lot of the patterns are totaly the thing im looking for. I love the way they made things with care back then. Like it mattered. NOt just another copy to send to the store, you know?

Answer: you could try making your own by using other covers and paper...

Marie Antionette ~ Urban Knowledge Book Store~ Newark Pt 3