The Paris Gun
From Pierre and Luce The Paris Gun, named after its sole purpose of shelling Paris from extreme distance began firing on the morning of 21st March 1918. The Gun holds a significant place in the history...
View ArticlePolish garden theatres in the 19th Century
At the time that Reymont wrote The Comedienne, Warsaw was experiencing tumultuous growth; emancipated peasants, ruined gentry and Jews from across Poland and Russia abandoned the countryside. The...
View ArticleHow to make Gold
Astonishing letter from CASANOVA to Prince Charles of Courland (husband of Countess Francoise Krasinska). "MY LORD,—I hope your highness will either burn this letter after reading it, or else preserve...
View ArticleThe life and times of Franziska Krasinska
Franziska Krasinska was born into the Polish Slachta (aristocracy) in 1743 or possibly 1742, daughter of Stanislaw Krasinski, the land owner of Maleszowo and Wegrow and Staroste of Nowomiejsk. Her...
View ArticleThe Remarkable Female Descendants of Countess Francoise Krasinska
Countess Francoise Krasinska great-great-grand-daughter was Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna of Savoy (1851-1926), the Queen consort of the Kingdom of Italy. She married her first cousin Umberto,...
View ArticleRiversong of the Rhone
Riversong of the Rhone Nearly seventy years after the death of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), the reputation of Switzerland’s legendary poet of the people is secure, at least in French. Since...
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