Shannon Selin

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🖲️ I want to read this book (when the pre-eminent necessities are dealt with) & our Nation has returned to a Democratic course. My hands are full at present; my mind is pondering where Selin has taken this...

It will be my First book read on our return to wellness.

Achille Murat, the Prince of Tallahassee - Shannon Selin Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew Achille Murat grew up as the Crown Prince of Naples. He became an eccentric Florida pioneer known as the Prince of Tallahassee.

Napoleon's nephew Achille Murat died on April 15, 1847. He was one of the more eccentric Bonapartes, eating alligators and avoiding bathing.

My new Historical Journal article, "British Military Music and the Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars", is now available to read online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Brigadier General Henry Clinton and the Cintra Controversies It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…

A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.

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In the Days After Hastings: Apparently—at least initially—no one had any intention of recognizing the usurper. Of course, this was destined to change. buff.ly/3XQte8H

Harriette Wilson v Julia Johnstone – The Truth v Lies Today, in this very long piece, for which I apologise in advance, we are going to take a look at arguably to the two most famous Regency courtesans, Harriette Wilson and her friend Julia Johnstone,…

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Harriette Wilson v Julia Johnstone - The Truth v Lies' - wp.me/p3JTNy-5bD

A compilation of 25 covers of new books about Jane Austen. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a Janeite devoted to the celebrated authoress must be in want of new books!

Luckily, it’s Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday in 2025. A wealth of new non-fiction books will be published this year.

Check out the list here regency-explorer.net/jane250/

Book Review: “The Pup And The Pianist” by Sara Kjeldsen This is a Napoleonic-era seafaring yarn about a teenage boy, Max, serving as a powder monkey aboard a British man-of-war. Young Max is still finding his way when the ship is wrecked during a battle…

Today I review the Napoleonic-era seafaring novelette THE PUP AND THE PIANIST by Sara Kjeldsen. ruinedchapel.com/2025/04/11/b... #booksky

Monthly Blog Post - April And just like that, we're into April already. 2025 has gone really quickly. Let's dive in with some facts about this month: April was know...

April - in Old English it was Easter-mōnaþ. Here's a little blog post about some Anglo-Saxon goings on in April and at Easter:
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Napoleon in America

St. Helena, February 6, 1821. As sun broke over the black wart in the Atlantic, a banging on the door disturbed the island's governor at his toilet. "Your Excellency...General Bonaparte is missing." shannonselin.com/my-book/napo... #Napoleon #althist #histfic #Whatif

An archive post where I talked to @helenhollick.bsky.social
about the prominent women of Anglo-Saxon England: ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2022/10/reme...

The Agincourt King, Guest Post by Mercedes Rochelle: WHY HARFLEUR BEFORE AGINCOURT? Agincourt was the unexpected battle; Harfleur was definitely on the agenda. buff.ly/3BBHObA

New on All Things Georgian, 'Degrees of separation between Jane Austen and Dido Elizabeth Belle' - wp.me/p3JTNy-75P #MondayBlogs

Fabulous, Sue!

In memory of David Lynch, a brilliant filmmaker and creative genius. This digital ink portrait is an ode to his ground breaking student work, Eraserhead.
#portraiture #digitalink #davidlynch #illustration

formerly blue silk fabric embroidered with sequin and gilded ornaments shaped like leaves, forming flower stands and vases with blossoms; pierced ebony-sticks

😍
Fan from around 1795 - 1800

More beautiful fans here: regency-explorer.net/beauty-of-fan/

Same to you, Sue!

Beautiful! Congratulations!!!

Josephine Lauret: Namesake of a New Orleans Street - Shannon Selin The lives of Josephine Lauret and her family provide glimpses into the French-Spanish-American dynamic in late 18th-century Louisiana.

Josephine Lauret, namesake of a #NewOrleans street died on Jan. 20, 1867. Her family provides glimpses into the French-Spanish-American dynamic of the late 18th century, particularly in Louisiana. shannonselin.com/2014/05/jose... #NOLA #history

The Inauguration of John Quincy Adams - Shannon Selin Sixth US President John Quincy Adams was inaugurated on March 4, 1825. He tried to heal electoral divisions in his inaugural address.

"Less possessed of your confidence, in advance, than any of my predecessors, I am deeply conscious of the prospect that I shall stand more and oftener in need of your indulgence." John Quincy Adams 1825 shannonselin.com/2017/01/inau... #JQA #inauguration #JohnQuincyAdams

New on All Things Georgian, 'The Phillipps Family of Vauxhall and its contribution to late Georgian horticulture' - wp.me/p3JTNy-71a #mondayblogs

The Usurpation of Henry IV: His Quest for Legitimacy on the English Throne https://buff.ly/35eXxbw

two men standing on the street as a streetcar circles a statue behind them.

book cover with dozens of streetcars and some mule-drawn wagons

Canal Street, 1880s. Mercier Building in the background, mule-drawn streetcar circling the Clay Monument. From "New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line" by Edward J. Branley. Buy the book!
http://ebranley.com/mb

Travels, adventures and appearing on stage in men’s cloth:

The Unconventional Miss Starke, writer and adventuress
Read more: regency-explorer.net/starke/

#c18th #18thcentury

That's cool! Nice you'll be resurrecting one of those glorious panoramas. Napoleon in America is a big "what if...?"

The New Year’s Day Reflections of John Quincy Adams - Shannon Selin Every New Year’s Day, US President John Quincy Adams wrote down his reflections on the past year and his wishes for the year to come.

"I look with trembling hope at the mingled light and shade of futurity, and pass to a new year with the fervent prayer for firmness to perform as well as prudence to discern my duty." - #JohnQuincyAdams 1810 shannonselin.com/2016/12/new-... #JQA #NewYear #quotes

Napoleon’s First New Year’s Day on St. Helena - Shannon Selin Napoleon revived France's New Year's Day celebrations, banned in the French Revolution. His first New Year in exile on St. Helena in 1816 was less festive.

"The Emperor wished that we should breakfast and spend the whole day together. He observed that we were but a handful in one corner of the world, and that all our consolation must be our regard for each other." shannonselin.com/2016/01/napo... #Napoleon #NewYear

Christine-Egypta Bonaparte, Lady Dudley Stuart - Shannon Selin Napoleon's niece and her scandalous marriages

Napoleon's niece Christine-Egypta Bonaparte was godmother and namesake of the poet Christina Rossetti, who wrote "In the Bleak Midwinter." shannonselin.com/2022/12/chri... #napoleonic #christmas

Christmas in the time of the Vikings – Historical Britain Blog Yule celebrations were alive and well in the Nordic lands, and were most likely brought over to Anglo-Saxon England with the Viking settlers.

Christmas in the time of the Vikings: the 24th of December is when the children filled their shoes with straw, carrots and sugar lumps and set them out by the fire to feed Odin’s flying eight-legged horse Sleipnir as the God led the Wild Hunt.

Fashion print "costumes francais et anglais" with two females, one wearing a pink coat, the other a black coat and a muff. Year: maybe 1803. Original source unknown

How to get through winter in the #18thcentury

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