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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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- Feb 27, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
'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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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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