Nancy Goldstone
@nancygoldstone.bsky.social
Author and historian of queens, empresses, and all things royal and imperial
October 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gee, I wonder where The Gilded Age got the inspiration for those diamond stars in Gladys's hair that the duke's sister caused such a fuss about?
July 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gee, I wonder where The Gilded Age got the inspiration for those diamond stars in Gladys's hair that the duke's sister caused such a fuss about?
Happy Bastille Day!
July 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Bastille Day!
60,000 people protested in San Diego today!! Plus, they had the all time best sign, Dogs Against Fascism, my new slogan!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/u...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/u...
June 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
60,000 people protested in San Diego today!! Plus, they had the all time best sign, Dogs Against Fascism, my new slogan!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/u...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/u...
So proud of San Diego! A long time political operative said it was the largest protest march he'd ever seen there!
June 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So proud of San Diego! A long time political operative said it was the largest protest march he'd ever seen there!
Thank you PW for giving THE REBEL EMPRESSES a starred review and making it an Editor's Pick!
June 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thank you PW for giving THE REBEL EMPRESSES a starred review and making it an Editor's Pick!
Here's a smile for Saturday, which I am sure we all need!
May 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here's a smile for Saturday, which I am sure we all need!
Just a shout out that the beautiful Empress Eugenie of the French, wife of Napoleon III, was born today, Cinco de Mayo, in 1826 in Granada, Spain. Happy 199th Birthday, Eugenie!
May 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just a shout out that the beautiful Empress Eugenie of the French, wife of Napoleon III, was born today, Cinco de Mayo, in 1826 in Granada, Spain. Happy 199th Birthday, Eugenie!
A smile for today
March 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A smile for today
This is what resistance looks like:
February 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is what resistance looks like:
In the 19th century, this was called "Monarchy."
February 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In the 19th century, this was called "Monarchy."
The caged crinoline, courtesy of the 19th century empress, Eugenie of France, gets a modern makeover at the Critics Choice awards.
February 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The caged crinoline, courtesy of the 19th century empress, Eugenie of France, gets a modern makeover at the Critics Choice awards.
"The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates."--Alexandre Dumas
Wisdom from the 19th century.
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Wisdom from the 19th century.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates."--Alexandre Dumas
Wisdom from the 19th century.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Wisdom from the 19th century.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
So, for Episode 1, let's play True or False!
True or False: Sisi publicly received a series of gift-bearing emissaries from various regions of the empire while in her final month of pregnancy with her second child.
True or False: Sisi publicly received a series of gift-bearing emissaries from various regions of the empire while in her final month of pregnancy with her second child.
December 3, 2024 at 4:57 AM
So, for Episode 1, let's play True or False!
True or False: Sisi publicly received a series of gift-bearing emissaries from various regions of the empire while in her final month of pregnancy with her second child.
True or False: Sisi publicly received a series of gift-bearing emissaries from various regions of the empire while in her final month of pregnancy with her second child.
