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  • Henri II & Diane de Poitiers, Iconic French Royal Lovers

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Three here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is going to be about Henri II and his famed mistress Diane de Poitiers!   So we are once again looking at a Royal Romance at the French Court, but this time the love story is…

  • Athenais de Montespan ‘The Real Queen of France’ & Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Two here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, so keeping with the Femme Fatale Friday theme as well as the Royal Romance theme, I have chosen to write about Athenais de Montespan, who was nicknamed ‘The Real Queen…

  • Louis XV & Madame Du Barry

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day One here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be focused on Louis XV and his famed mistress Madame Du Barry!   I was uncertain if I wanted to focus this post on Madame de Pompadour or Madame Du Barry, as they were…

  • Faery Forests: Magickal Lands Around the World

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   Today’s post is going to be talking about some different magickal forests from around the world.   I will break it down place by place and give some of my thoughts about them! Brocéliande Forest: Officially named the Paimpont Forest in Brittany, France:  ~This…

  • Mata Hari: Spy & Double Agent of WWI

    Welcome back to Femme Fatale Friday on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week, I have chosen a truly fatal female, one that is known best to us as Mata Hari.   She was a double agent and spy during the First World War, then simply called the Great War.   Her famous…

  • Faery Ancestry

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the concept of having Faery ancestors.    I know that I have Faery blood in my bloodline, which is unsurprising given that I have Irish ancestry on my mother’s side.   Female Faery ancestry in the Motherline is even more powerful, in my opinion. …

  • The Appeal of Beauty & the Beast as a Tale Type

    For day six of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to focus on the appeal of Beauty and the Beast as a tale type.   In my opinion, this type of tale’s appeal is rooted in our emotional lives.    It is rooted in our own desires for love and romance, which is…

  • Belle: Heroine of Beauty and the Beast

    For day three of Beauty & the Beast Week, which is also Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on Belle as the heroine of Beauty and the Beast.   Belle is a young woman whose defining feature begins with her beauty.   However, that is not the only thing that makes her special. …

  • The 5 Most Interesting Doomed Queens (In My Opinion)

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at my five favorite stories of Doomed Queens.   In this countdown, I will rank the Queens based on how much interest I find in their tales.   This is not to say that any one of them is better than the others, or worse,…

  • Authors That Made Me Fall In Love With Literature

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a post about the authors that got me into great literature in my formative years.   I have broken this into four parts, American, English, Irish, and French. American English Irish French ~I hope you have enjoyed my short analysis of the authors that shaped my formative…