Emily Brand
@emilybrand.bsky.social
Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist.
📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron
📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies
📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron
📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies
Pinned
Emily Brand
@emilybrand.bsky.social
· Nov 9
a bunch of stuffed animals with their mouths open in front of a window
ALT: a bunch of stuffed animals with their mouths open in front of a window
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Hello newcomers! 👋
I'm a historian of the long eighteenth century, writing a book about Marie Antoinette’s ladies in waiting 💃
My last book was about the scandalous c18th Byron dynasty (a prequel to that dastardly poet)
Posting snippets of Georgian-era research as I go… 📜
I'm a historian of the long eighteenth century, writing a book about Marie Antoinette’s ladies in waiting 💃
My last book was about the scandalous c18th Byron dynasty (a prequel to that dastardly poet)
Posting snippets of Georgian-era research as I go… 📜
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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‘When I want beautiful flowers I gather them on my own, barefoot.’ 🌺
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
‘When I want beautiful flowers I gather them on my own, barefoot.’ 🌺
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
‘When I want beautiful flowers I gather them on my own, barefoot.’ 🌺
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
‘When I want beautiful flowers I gather them on my own, barefoot.’ 🌺
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
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We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
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Have uncovered the presence of what appears to be a chunky penguin shaking its fist (wing?) at a horse during the baptism celebrations for a new prince in Paris in 1782
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Have uncovered the presence of what appears to be a chunky penguin shaking its fist (wing?) at a horse during the baptism celebrations for a new prince in Paris in 1782
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
Have uncovered the presence of what appears to be a chunky penguin shaking its fist (wing?) at a horse during the baptism celebrations for a new prince in Paris in 1782
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Have uncovered the presence of what appears to be a chunky penguin shaking its fist (wing?) at a horse during the baptism celebrations for a new prince in Paris in 1782
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
Glad to report that research for this book continues to be groundbreaking
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At last our special issue, JECS 48.4, is out, all 200+ pages of it! We're very proud of it. Thanks are due to many colleagues, but especially Nuria Yáñez-Bouza for proof-correcting heroics, and the general editor, Emrys Jones, for brilliant support throughout. #18thC #langsky
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
Me: trying desperately to concentrate on writing this book chapter
My 3-year-old, barging in with no trousers on: Mummy!! Snot is my FAVOURITE DINNER
My 3-year-old, barging in with no trousers on: Mummy!! Snot is my FAVOURITE DINNER
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
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November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me: trying desperately to concentrate on writing this book chapter
My 3-year-old, barging in with no trousers on: Mummy!! Snot is my FAVOURITE DINNER
My 3-year-old, barging in with no trousers on: Mummy!! Snot is my FAVOURITE DINNER
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Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
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After multiple years of coveting & failing to get this in time, I have finally bought my dream Christmas jumper
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
After multiple years of coveting & failing to get this in time, I have finally bought my dream Christmas jumper
After multiple years of coveting & failing to get this in time, I have finally bought my dream Christmas jumper
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
After multiple years of coveting & failing to get this in time, I have finally bought my dream Christmas jumper
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Gown in aqua green, gros adorned with lace and embroidery at the neckline
1780 c.
Pitti Palace, Museum of Costume and Fashion (www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...)
1780 c.
Pitti Palace, Museum of Costume and Fashion (www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...)
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gown in aqua green, gros adorned with lace and embroidery at the neckline
1780 c.
Pitti Palace, Museum of Costume and Fashion (www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...)
1780 c.
Pitti Palace, Museum of Costume and Fashion (www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/...)
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Really excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 BARS First Book Prize - details of eligibility, nomination, and submission can be found on @bars.bsky.social’s blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Do share widely!
Do share widely!
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Really excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 BARS First Book Prize - details of eligibility, nomination, and submission can be found on @bars.bsky.social’s blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Do share widely!
Do share widely!
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Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves
Regency-era Lord Byron fangirls (& boys):
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Regency-era Lord Byron fangirls (& boys):
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
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🚨NEW SERIES ALERT 🚨
What was the Paris Commune of 1871?
Join @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social as they look at the days leading up to The Paris Commune, the working class revolution that shook the world!
LINK IN THE REPLIES BELOW 👇
What was the Paris Commune of 1871?
Join @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social as they look at the days leading up to The Paris Commune, the working class revolution that shook the world!
LINK IN THE REPLIES BELOW 👇
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨NEW SERIES ALERT 🚨
What was the Paris Commune of 1871?
Join @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social as they look at the days leading up to The Paris Commune, the working class revolution that shook the world!
LINK IN THE REPLIES BELOW 👇
What was the Paris Commune of 1871?
Join @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social as they look at the days leading up to The Paris Commune, the working class revolution that shook the world!
LINK IN THE REPLIES BELOW 👇
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I am beyond thrilled that my @universitypress.cambridge.org book, Music & Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, has won the 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society for the best book written by "a scholar past the early stages of their career" 🙏♥️ #AMSMT25
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am beyond thrilled that my @universitypress.cambridge.org book, Music & Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, has won the 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society for the best book written by "a scholar past the early stages of their career" 🙏♥️ #AMSMT25
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BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
Many thanks to autocorrect, which has decreed that the heir to the French throne was not in fact handed over 'aux hommes' – i.e. to the care & education of men rather than women – in 1787
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Many thanks to autocorrect, which has decreed that the heir to the French throne was not in fact handed over 'aux hommes' – i.e. to the care & education of men rather than women – in 1787
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
Lovely to see Lisa Eldridge's hugely fun history of makeup now available to watch on her youtube channel 💄💋
I pop up to talk about 18th-century beauty, namely the iconic Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, & how the Gunning sisters took London by storm in the 1750s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPl...
I pop up to talk about 18th-century beauty, namely the iconic Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, & how the Gunning sisters took London by storm in the 1750s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPl...
The Shocking Beauty Secrets of the High Georgians - Makeup History with Lisa Eldridge
YouTube video by Lisa Eldridge
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November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Lovely to see Lisa Eldridge's hugely fun history of makeup now available to watch on her youtube channel 💄💋
I pop up to talk about 18th-century beauty, namely the iconic Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, & how the Gunning sisters took London by storm in the 1750s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPl...
I pop up to talk about 18th-century beauty, namely the iconic Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, & how the Gunning sisters took London by storm in the 1750s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPl...
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It's Byron family birthday season 🥳🍻
Born OTD, 1722: William, 5th Lord Byron, now known as 'the Wicked Lord'
According to myth, the poet's great-uncle was a villainous, cheating, wife-beating, cousin-murdering, Abbey-wrecking, devil-worshipping orgy enthusiast
(I've yet to confirm the last two)
Born OTD, 1722: William, 5th Lord Byron, now known as 'the Wicked Lord'
According to myth, the poet's great-uncle was a villainous, cheating, wife-beating, cousin-murdering, Abbey-wrecking, devil-worshipping orgy enthusiast
(I've yet to confirm the last two)
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's Byron family birthday season 🥳🍻
Born OTD, 1722: William, 5th Lord Byron, now known as 'the Wicked Lord'
According to myth, the poet's great-uncle was a villainous, cheating, wife-beating, cousin-murdering, Abbey-wrecking, devil-worshipping orgy enthusiast
(I've yet to confirm the last two)
Born OTD, 1722: William, 5th Lord Byron, now known as 'the Wicked Lord'
According to myth, the poet's great-uncle was a villainous, cheating, wife-beating, cousin-murdering, Abbey-wrecking, devil-worshipping orgy enthusiast
(I've yet to confirm the last two)
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/