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Skeletons and Sandcastles
How the Idyllic Cornish Estate 'Menabilly' inspired novelist Daphne du Maurier Daphne du Maurier was born at 24 Cumberland Terrace,...
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kingschina
Sep 10, 20213 min read
How Ada Lovelace, Byron's Daughter, Changed the World.
World Records Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was Lord Byron's only legitimate child. Heaven knows how many illegitimate children he was...
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kingschina
Feb 27, 20212 min read
Skimming Plates:How the First World War Cut Short a Gilded Life.
Born in 1888, George Francis Augustus Vernon, 8th Baron Vernon (1888-1915) had much promise. The only son of a Baron, the family owned...
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kingschina
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Coco Chanel & The Wolf of Wall Street:Sinking Fortunes...
Coco Chanel, style icon, the epitome of taste and refinement. The 'Wolf of Wall Street' a brash insider dealer who "partied like a rock...
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kingschina
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Where can you buy French Chateau Antiques?
We have all been watching "Escape to the Chateau" with Dick and Angel and wondering where you can find a little piece of France. It could...
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kingschina
Nov 25, 20203 min read
'The Yellow Earl'
Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Londsdale. Explorer, sportsman, eccentric, was one of the richest men in England and instigated the 'Londsdale...
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kingschina
Nov 18, 20202 min read
American Heiress Mary Scott Townsend:
Did a witch's warning ultimately lead to tragedy? Photo: Mary Scott Townsend http://berd.artinterp.org/omeka/files/original/317718b40dfd...
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kingschina
Nov 17, 20201 min read
The Prince and the Showgirl:
How Prima Ballerina Ludmilla Tcherina danced her way across the silver screen. Harald-Reportagen, CC BY-SA 4.0...
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kingschina
Nov 11, 20202 min read
The Duke of Montebello:
The General who led Napoleon over the Alps. Jean Lannes (1769-1809) 1st Duke Montebello was one of Napoleon's three most trusted...
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kingschina
Jul 15, 20204 min read
Prince George 'The People's Prince':
Was his tragic death in 1942 really an accident ? The forgotten story of the Queen's uncle and how he could have undermined the Monarchy....
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