Saxon Henry
@saxonhenry.bsky.social
Author and journalist who publishes indie books, a salon series on Substack, and other blogs as The Modern Salonnière. https://saxonhenry.substack.com
The curtain closes on the life and reign of Marie Louise, though not until after she marries another man who is not her equal and continues to perfect the art of capitulation. Welcome to the salon… #marielouiseofaustria #parma #italy #museoglaucolombardi #regioparma #teatroregiodiparma
The Art of Capitulation
The curtain closes on the life and reign of Marie Louise, though not until after she marries another man who is not her equal. Welcome to the salon…
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February 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The curtain closes on the life and reign of Marie Louise, though not until after she marries another man who is not her equal and continues to perfect the art of capitulation. Welcome to the salon… #marielouiseofaustria #parma #italy #museoglaucolombardi #regioparma #teatroregiodiparma
When Henry Miller haunted the streets of #Paris in search of inspiration, he was homeless, hungry, and happy--three words one would not think relate. I combed through his notebooks from his time as an expat in France and it was thrilling. #armchairtravel #writingcommunity #nonfiction #substackauthor
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
When Henry Miller haunted the streets of #Paris in search of inspiration, he was homeless, hungry, and happy--three words one would not think relate. I combed through his notebooks from his time as an expat in France and it was thrilling. #armchairtravel #writingcommunity #nonfiction #substackauthor
Marie le Jars de Gournay describes the cause of violence in her time as, “The power...conferred on noblemen by the sword...except in the case of a few superior minds, [it goes] to men’s heads.” It feels like we've gone back in time given all of the saber-rattling that's going on now: do you agree?
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Marie le Jars de Gournay describes the cause of violence in her time as, “The power...conferred on noblemen by the sword...except in the case of a few superior minds, [it goes] to men’s heads.” It feels like we've gone back in time given all of the saber-rattling that's going on now: do you agree?
While in Siena, I learned that #Michelangelo had such a deep love for a 16th-century poet, he worshiped her: welcome to the salon! #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #tuscany #medievalmonday #MedievalSky #nonfiction #substack #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #substackauthor #siena #italy
Treasuring Time in Tuscany
Several days at Castel Monastero present the opportunity to plumb the depths of Tuscan history in situ. Welcome to the salon…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
While in Siena, I learned that #Michelangelo had such a deep love for a 16th-century poet, he worshiped her: welcome to the salon! #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #tuscany #medievalmonday #MedievalSky #nonfiction #substack #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #substackauthor #siena #italy
In this salon exploration, I'm in #Tuscany channeling a 16th-century celebrity in a medieval village known as #castelmonastero. #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #italy #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #nonfiction #substack #writingcommunity #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #substackauthor
Italy’s Sixteenth-Century Salonnières
A stay at a monastery in Italy brings the sixteenth century and its avant-garde thinkers into focus. Welcome to the salon…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
In this salon exploration, I'm in #Tuscany channeling a 16th-century celebrity in a medieval village known as #castelmonastero. #history #poet #renaissance #reformation #italy #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #nonfiction #substack #writingcommunity #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #substackauthor
An encounter with an ancient piece of architecture brings an unexpected surprise. #history #culture #indieauthor #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #history #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #writingcommunity #nonfiction #substack #substackauthor #bologna #italy #santostefano
Where Ancient Spirits Lurk
Santo Stefano in Bologna, built on the remains of a pagan temple, is a replica of a solemn holy site in Jerusalem. So why was there prancing and frolicking found? Step into the salon...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
An encounter with an ancient piece of architecture brings an unexpected surprise. #history #culture #indieauthor #MedievalMonday #MedievalSky #history #themodernsalonniere #armchairtravel #writingcommunity #nonfiction #substack #substackauthor #bologna #italy #santostefano
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It’s freezing cold in Finland and while going through my never ending archives, a travel photo came up. For a change, Eiffel tower, enjoy!
#Photography #StreetPhotography #CityScape #BlueSky #Memoir
#Photography #StreetPhotography #CityScape #BlueSky #Memoir
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
It’s freezing cold in Finland and while going through my never ending archives, a travel photo came up. For a change, Eiffel tower, enjoy!
#Photography #StreetPhotography #CityScape #BlueSky #Memoir
#Photography #StreetPhotography #CityScape #BlueSky #Memoir
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#NewRelease!
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
£2.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU ##booksky 📚💙📚💙📚
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Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
£2.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU ##booksky 📚💙📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/9h1wHWL
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM
#NewRelease!
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
£2.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU ##booksky 📚💙📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/9h1wHWL
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
£2.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU ##booksky 📚💙📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/9h1wHWL
Can we fault a Beat poet for seeing Peggy Guggenheim as less desirable than her daughter? Guggenheim certainly did and Corso became persona non grata in #Venice and beyond. #peggyguggenheim #gregorycorso #history #culture #themodernsalonniere #beatpoetry #poetry
Beaten at Her Own Game
When a Famous Group of Poets Set an Art Maven Straight
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January 31, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Can we fault a Beat poet for seeing Peggy Guggenheim as less desirable than her daughter? Guggenheim certainly did and Corso became persona non grata in #Venice and beyond. #peggyguggenheim #gregorycorso #history #culture #themodernsalonniere #beatpoetry #poetry
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Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, met Sigtryggr, king of York, at Tamoworthig (Tamworth, Staffordshire), #OTD in 926, where Æthelstan gave him his only known full sister in marriage. Roger of Wendover says Sigtryggr was also baptised on this occasion. 📸Athelstan Museum #medievalsky
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, met Sigtryggr, king of York, at Tamoworthig (Tamworth, Staffordshire), #OTD in 926, where Æthelstan gave him his only known full sister in marriage. Roger of Wendover says Sigtryggr was also baptised on this occasion. 📸Athelstan Museum #medievalsky
Would you be surprised to know that a woman who grandly succeeded in luring some of the most important creatives of the #Edwardian era into her drawing rooms was beset with a debilitating lack of inner confidence? #history #culture #themodernsalonniere #england #booksky #nonfiction #amwriting
One Famous Salonnière Takes the Bait
And literary history is the better for it. Step into the salon to find out why...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Would you be surprised to know that a woman who grandly succeeded in luring some of the most important creatives of the #Edwardian era into her drawing rooms was beset with a debilitating lack of inner confidence? #history #culture #themodernsalonniere #england #booksky #nonfiction #amwriting
Honoré de Balzac is a rather desperate case of a talented creative taken over by excess. His extreme reversals of fortune were brought on by a terrible head for business and an absurd mania for the aristocracy. #history #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere #france #nonfiction#booksky
He Believed His Own Publicity
A brilliant French novelist becomes his own Human Comedy. Step into the salon to find out how...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Honoré de Balzac is a rather desperate case of a talented creative taken over by excess. His extreme reversals of fortune were brought on by a terrible head for business and an absurd mania for the aristocracy. #history #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere #france #nonfiction#booksky
Proof that the sword is mightier than the pen litters history. A fairly famous case is the duel between Germaine de Staël and #Napoléon, whose war of words cost the author her most fervent desire—to stay in #Paris with the literary set. #history #culture #france #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere
Where a Scandalous Novel Will Land You
Displeasing an emperor by poking fun Is never a good idea. Welcome to the salon...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Proof that the sword is mightier than the pen litters history. A fairly famous case is the duel between Germaine de Staël and #Napoléon, whose war of words cost the author her most fervent desire—to stay in #Paris with the literary set. #history #culture #france #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere
In the post-Blues Brothers era, the phrase “elegant toga party” seems oxymoronic but telescope 230 years into the past and it is the perfect description for a soirée held by Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun in 1788. Her habitués had quite the time! #history #culture #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere #france
Salon Night Was Greek to Her
An eighteenth-century obsession with antiquity had rumors flying through the drawing rooms of Paris. Welcome to the salon...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In the post-Blues Brothers era, the phrase “elegant toga party” seems oxymoronic but telescope 230 years into the past and it is the perfect description for a soirée held by Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun in 1788. Her habitués had quite the time! #history #culture #indieauthor #themodernsalonniere #france
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“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
– Gertrude Stein
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Francesca Wade about her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
#books #biography #modernism @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
– Gertrude Stein
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Francesca Wade about her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
#books #biography #modernism @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
766 Gertrude Stein (with Francesca Wade) | Ruskin on the Only On…
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) has long been one of the most famous - and most polarizing - figures in modernism. Was she a trailblazing genius? Or a literary charlatan…
www.historyofliterature.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
– Gertrude Stein
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Francesca Wade about her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
#books #biography #modernism @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
– Gertrude Stein
@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Francesca Wade about her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
#books #biography #modernism @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
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After reading Alan Montgomery’s book about the Antonine Wall I’m thinking of visiting the Hunterian - the oldest public museum in Scotland - at University of Glasgow to see their many resources about that Roman Monument- now a World Heritage Site
#archaeology
#history
www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/co...
#archaeology
#history
www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/co...
The Antonine Wall | The Hunterian | University of Glasgow
Looking to bring Roman history to life? We offer a range of learning activities and resources related to the permanent display of Roman artefacts in the Hunterian Museum.
www.gla.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
After reading Alan Montgomery’s book about the Antonine Wall I’m thinking of visiting the Hunterian - the oldest public museum in Scotland - at University of Glasgow to see their many resources about that Roman Monument- now a World Heritage Site
#archaeology
#history
www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/co...
#archaeology
#history
www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/co...
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The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372
#art #history
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372
#art #history
The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'
This gold-encrusted jewel has an inscription revealing who made it.
www.livescience.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372
#art #history
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
"The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay" at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59372
#art #history
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🪨🏺The things you find when you are not looking for them…three Roman polished stone gaming pieces dating to 43-410 AD.
#Archaeology #Roman #Wirral #History #Heritage
#Archaeology #Roman #Wirral #History #Heritage
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🪨🏺The things you find when you are not looking for them…three Roman polished stone gaming pieces dating to 43-410 AD.
#Archaeology #Roman #Wirral #History #Heritage
#Archaeology #Roman #Wirral #History #Heritage
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For #PalacesAndGardens #GrandEstates. My favorite castle, the Alcázar de Segovia in Spain (1999). Once the home of the kings/queens of Castille. The city of Segovia generally is a magical place, too. #travel #photography #Segovia #Spain #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #castles #castle #history
January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
For #PalacesAndGardens #GrandEstates. My favorite castle, the Alcázar de Segovia in Spain (1999). Once the home of the kings/queens of Castille. The city of Segovia generally is a magical place, too. #travel #photography #Segovia #Spain #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #castles #castle #history
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#MedievalMonday Two ribbed spiral columns from the original Romanesque church that is now Norwich Cathedral, founded by the Normans in 1096
Together they mark the spot where the original Norman altar once stood
📸 Mine
#history #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
Together they mark the spot where the original Norman altar once stood
📸 Mine
#history #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
#MedievalMonday Two ribbed spiral columns from the original Romanesque church that is now Norwich Cathedral, founded by the Normans in 1096
Together they mark the spot where the original Norman altar once stood
📸 Mine
#history #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
Together they mark the spot where the original Norman altar once stood
📸 Mine
#history #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
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#TombTuesday
the Weiden Roman #tomb is today one of the best-preserved and most impressive burial sites from #Roman times north of the Alps. It shows a large part of its original furnishings - pure antiquity. 🧵 (1/2) 📸 A Thünker
#Archaeology #History #RomanArchaeology
the Weiden Roman #tomb is today one of the best-preserved and most impressive burial sites from #Roman times north of the Alps. It shows a large part of its original furnishings - pure antiquity. 🧵 (1/2) 📸 A Thünker
#Archaeology #History #RomanArchaeology
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
#TombTuesday
the Weiden Roman #tomb is today one of the best-preserved and most impressive burial sites from #Roman times north of the Alps. It shows a large part of its original furnishings - pure antiquity. 🧵 (1/2) 📸 A Thünker
#Archaeology #History #RomanArchaeology
the Weiden Roman #tomb is today one of the best-preserved and most impressive burial sites from #Roman times north of the Alps. It shows a large part of its original furnishings - pure antiquity. 🧵 (1/2) 📸 A Thünker
#Archaeology #History #RomanArchaeology
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This Day in #History 1845
American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City).
American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City).
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This Day in #History 1845
American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City).
American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City).
As Napoleon enters his final exile on St. Helena, Marie Louise’s marionette-like existence continues as the puppet-strings change hands. My latest exploration is live on Substack: Welcome to the salon… #empressmarielouise #frenchempress #napoleoni #frenchhistory #paris #austria
His Well-Beloved Wife
Marie Louise’s marionette-like existence continues as the puppet-strings change hands. Welcome to the salon…
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January 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
As Napoleon enters his final exile on St. Helena, Marie Louise’s marionette-like existence continues as the puppet-strings change hands. My latest exploration is live on Substack: Welcome to the salon… #empressmarielouise #frenchempress #napoleoni #frenchhistory #paris #austria